Bird

Red-shouldered Hawk

Buteo lineatus

Lives in Louisiana all year and nests here. Found in all 64 parishes, across 10 habitats.

Here: All year
Nesting: Nests here
Range: All 64 parishes
Habitats: 10

Female Red-shouldered Hawk, whole bird — **Female**. no rights reserved. CC0. iNaturalist photo 186257913. Source-provided large resize; no crop or image edits.

At a glance

Group: Birds
Here: All year
Nesting: Nests here
Range: All 64 parishes
Habitats: 10
Habitat models: Year-round

Where it lives

The places its habitat model includes. It is not found everywhere a habitat occurs.

Habitats in Louisiana 10

Each habitat page lists the plants and wildlife also found there.

1 of 10

Coastal dunes and beaches

Open sand of beaches, dunes and the hollows between them.

Year-roundAtlantic and Gulf Coastal Plain Interdunal Wetland

Coastal Plain seepage bogs

Open, wet, seepage-fed bogs of the Coastal Plain and Sandhills, often with pitcher plants.

Year-roundSouthern Coastal Plain Herbaceous Seepage Bog

Floodplain and bottomland forests

Forests on low ground beside rivers and streams that flood from time to time.

Year-roundMississippi River Riparian Forest; Mississippi River Low Floodplain (Bottomland) Forest

Swamps

Forested wetlands with standing water much of the year, such as cypress and gum swamps.

Year-roundSouthern Coastal Plain Seepage Swamp and Baygall; Lower Mississippi River Bottomland Depressions - Forest Modifier; Southern Coastal Plain Nonriverine Cypress Dome

Forest edges and thickets

Borders of forests, clearings and shrubby thickets.

Year-roundOnly within 1,000 m of water.Disturbed/Successional - Shrub Regeneration; Harvested Forest - Shrub Regeneration

Hardwood and oak flatwoods

Flat, poorly drained uplands and terraces with oaks, sweetgum and sometimes loblolly pine, wet in winter and dry in summer, but neither a floodplain nor a swamp.

Year-roundOnly within 1,000 m of water.East Gulf Coastal Plain Southern Loblolly-Hardwood Flatwoods

Moist forests

Forests on moist but not wet ground, such as rich slopes and ravines.

Year-roundOnly within 1,000 m of water.East Gulf Coastal Plain Southern Loess Bluff Forest; East Gulf Coastal Plain Southern Mesic Slope Forest

Pine flatwoods

Flat, sandy Coastal Plain pine woodlands, wetter than sandhills and denser than savannas.

Year-roundOnly within 1,000 m of water.East Gulf Coastal Plain Near-Coast Pine Flatwoods - Open Understory Modifier; East Gulf Coastal Plain Near-Coast Pine Flatwoods - Scrub/Shrub Understory Modifier; East Gulf Coastal Plain Near-Coast Pine Flatwoods

Roadsides, fields and disturbed ground

Ground opened by people: roadsides, old fields, pastures, fencerows and lots.

Year-roundOnly within 1,000 m of water.Developed, Open Space; Pasture/Hay; Disturbed/Successional - Grass/Forb Regeneration

Tree plantations and managed pine

Planted or intensively managed stands of pine or hardwoods grown for timber; a land use rather than a natural community.

Year-roundOnly within 1,000 m of water.Deciduous Plantation; Evergreen Plantation or Managed Pine

Other habitats in its models (82)

Land cover, or classes with no habitat page in Louisiana.

Developed, Low Intensity Year-round, only within 1,000 m of water.
Unconsolidated Shore Year-round.
Northeastern Interior Dry Oak Forest - Mixed Modifier Year-round, only within 1,000 m of water.
East Gulf Coastal Plain Black Belt Calcareous Prairie and Woodland - Herbaceous Modifier Year-round, only within 1,000 m of water.
East Gulf Coastal Plain Northern Loess Bluff Forest Year-round, only within 1,000 m of water.
South Florida Hardwood Hammock Year-round.
Southwest Florida Coastal Strand and Maritime Hammock Year-round.
Southeast Florida Coastal Strand and Maritime Hammock Year-round.
South Florida Pine Rockland Year-round, only within 1,000 m of water.
East Gulf Coastal Plain Maritime Forest Year-round, only within 1,000 m of water.
Lower Mississippi River Dune Woodland and Forest Year-round.
Southern Piedmont Mesic Forest Year-round, only within 1,000 m of water.
East Gulf Coastal Plain Northern Mesic Hardwood Forest Year-round, only within 1,000 m of water.
South-Central Interior / Upper Coastal Plain Flatwoods Year-round, only within 1,000 m of water.
Atlantic Coastal Plain Central Maritime Forest Year-round, only within 1,000 m of water.
Atlantic Coastal Plain Northern Maritime Forest Year-round, only within 1,000 m of water.
Atlantic Coastal Plain Southern Maritime Forest Year-round, only within 1,000 m of water.
East Gulf Coastal Plain Black Belt Calcareous Prairie and Woodland - Woodland Modifier Year-round, only within 1,000 m of water.
East Gulf Coastal Plain Interior Shortleaf Pine-Oak Forest - Mixed Modifier Year-round, only within 1,000 m of water.
Southern Piedmont Dry Oak-(Pine) Forest - Mixed Modifier Year-round, only within 1,000 m of water.
Central Appalachian Oak and Pine Forest Year-round, only within 1,000 m of water.
Appalachian Hemlock-Hardwood Forest Year-round, only within 1,000 m of water.
Southern and Central Appalachian Cove Forest Year-round, only within 1,000 m of water.
South-Central Interior Mesophytic Forest Year-round, only within 1,000 m of water.
Atlantic Coastal Plain Mesic Hardwood and Mixed Forest Year-round, only within 1,000 m of water.
Nashville Basin Limestone Glade Year-round, only within 1,000 m of water.
Eastern Highland Rim Prairie and Barrens - Dry Modifier Year-round, only within 1,000 m of water.
Florida Dry Prairie Year-round, only within 1,000 m of water.
East Gulf Coastal Plain Jackson Prairie and Woodland Year-round, only within 1,000 m of water.
Atlantic Coastal Plain Southern Dune and Maritime Grassland Year-round.
Southwest Florida Dune and Coastal Grassland Year-round.
East Gulf Coastal Plain Dune and Coastal Grassland Year-round.
Northern Atlantic Coastal Plain Dune and Swale Year-round.
Harvested Forest - Grass/Forb Regeneration Year-round, only within 1,000 m of water.
Mississippi Sound Salt and Brackish Tidal Marsh Year-round.
Atlantic Coastal Plain Clay-Based Carolina Bay Herbaceous Wetland Year-round.
Atlantic Coastal Plain Peatland Pocosin Year-round.
Atlantic Coastal Plain Streamhead Seepage Swamp - Pocosin - and Baygall Year-round.
Floridian Highlands Freshwater Marsh Year-round.
Atlantic Coastal Plain Embayed Region Tidal Freshwater Marsh Year-round.
Central Florida Herbaceous Seep Year-round.
Florida Big Bend Fresh-Oligohaline Tidal Marsh Year-round.
Atlantic Coastal Plain Northern Fresh and Oligohaline Tidal Marsh Year-round.
South Florida Bayhead Swamp Year-round.
Southern Coastal Plain Nonriverine Basin Swamp Year-round.
Northern Atlantic Coastal Plain Basin Swamp and Wet Hardwood Forest Year-round.
Atlantic Coastal Plain Central Fresh-Oligohaline Tidal Marsh Year-round.
Atlantic Coastal Plain Nonriverine Swamp and Wet Hardwood Forest - Taxodium/Nyssa Modifier Year-round.
Atlantic Coastal Plain Nonriverine Swamp and Wet Hardwood Forest - Oak Dominated Modifier Year-round.
Atlantic Coastal Plain Clay-Based Carolina Bay Forested Wetland Year-round.
South Florida Dwarf Cypress Savanna Year-round.
Southern and Central Appalachian Bog and Fen Year-round.
South Florida Wet Marl Prairie Year-round.
East Gulf Coastal Plain Savanna and Wet Prairie Year-round.
South Florida Cypress Dome Year-round.
East Gulf Coastal Plain Southern Depression Pondshore Year-round.
Southern Piedmont/Ridge and Valley Upland Depression Swamp Year-round.
Atlantic Coastal Plain Depression Pondshore Year-round.
South Florida Freshwater Slough and Gator Hole Year-round.
Atlantic Coastal Plain Blackwater Stream Floodplain Forest - Forest Modifier Year-round.
Central Appalachian Floodplain - Forest Modifier Year-round.
Central Appalachian Riparian - Forest Modifier Year-round.
East Gulf Coastal Plain Large River Floodplain Forest - Forest Modifier Year-round.
South-Central Interior Large Floodplain - Forest Modifier Year-round.
Southern Piedmont Large Floodplain Forest - Forest Modifier Year-round.
East Gulf Coastal Plain Large River Floodplain Forest - Herbaceous Modifier Year-round.
South-Central Interior Large Floodplain - Herbaceous Modifier Year-round.
Southern Coastal Plain Hydric Hammock Year-round.
Southern Piedmont Small Floodplain and Riparian Forest Year-round.
Atlantic Coastal Plain Small Brownwater River Floodplain Forest Year-round.
Atlantic Coastal Plain Small Blackwater River Floodplain Forest Year-round.
Atlantic Coastal Plain Brownwater Stream Floodplain Forest Year-round.
South-Central Interior Small Stream and Riparian Year-round.
East Gulf Coastal Plain Small Stream and River Floodplain Forest Year-round.
Southern Coastal Plain Blackwater River Floodplain Forest Year-round.
East Gulf Coastal Plain Jackson Plain Dry Flatwoods - Open Understory Modifier Year-round, only within 1,000 m of water.
East Gulf Coastal Plain Near-Coast Pine Flatwoods - Offsite Hardwood Modifier Year-round, only within 1,000 m of water.
South Florida Pine Flatwoods Year-round, only within 1,000 m of water.
Central Atlantic Coastal Plain Wet Longleaf Pine Savanna and Flatwoods Year-round.
Atlantic Coastal Plain Southern Wet Pine Savanna and Flatwoods Year-round.
Central Florida Pine Flatwoods Year-round, only within 1,000 m of water.
South-Central Interior / Upper Coastal Plain Wet Flatwoods Year-round.