Bird

Red-winged Blackbird

Agelaius phoeniceus

Lives in Louisiana all year and nests here. Found in all 64 parishes, across 16 habitats.

Here: All year
Nesting: Nests here
Range: All 64 parishes
Habitats: 16

Male Red-winged Blackbird, whole bird — **Male**. no rights reserved. CC0. iNaturalist photo 31553950. 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: 16
Habitat models: Summer, Winter

Where it lives

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

Habitats in Louisiana 16

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

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Coastal dunes and beaches

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

SummerWinterUnconsolidated Shore (Beach/Dune); Atlantic 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.

SummerWinterSouthern Coastal Plain Herbaceous Seepage Bog

Coastal tidal marshes (salinity not stated)

Tidal marshes of the Atlantic and Gulf coasts where the source does not say whether the water is fresh, brackish or salt. A stated salinity files the marsh under freshwater tidal marshes or salt and brackish marshes instead.

SummerWinter

Disturbed and introduced wetlands

Wet ground taken over by weedy or introduced plants after disturbance, such as common reed, Chinese tallow or tamarisk stands; the upland counterpart is roadsides, fields and disturbed ground.

SummerWinter

Forest edges and thickets

Borders of forests, clearings and shrubby thickets.

SummerWinterDisturbed/Successional - 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.

SummerWinterEast Gulf Coastal Plain Southern Loblolly-Hardwood Flatwoods; West Gulf Coastal Plain Pine-Hardwood Flatwoods; Lower Mississippi River Flatwoods; West Gulf Coastal Plain Nonriverine Wet Hardwood Flatwoods

Pine flatwoods

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

SummerWinterEast Gulf Coastal Plain Near-Coast Pine Flatwoods - Open Understory Modifier; East Gulf Coastal Plain Near-Coast Pine Flatwoods - Scrub/Shrub Understory Modifier; West Gulf Coastal Plain Wet Longleaf Pine Savanna and Flatwoods; East Gulf Coastal Plain Near-Coast Pine Flatwoods

Pine savannas

Open, fire-kept longleaf pine stands over grasses and wildflowers on wet to moist sandy soil.

SummerWinterWest Gulf Coastal Plain Wet Longleaf Pine Savanna and Flatwoods

Prairies and grasslands

Open, grass-dominated places kept open by fire, grazing or thin soil, from tallgrass prairie to Piedmont prairies.

SummerWinterWest Gulf Coastal Plain Southern Calcareous Prairie; Texas-Louisiana Coastal Prairie

Roadsides, fields and disturbed ground

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

SummerWinterCultivated Cropland; Pasture/Hay; Disturbed/Successional - Grass/Forb Regeneration; Utility Swath - Herbaceous; Ruderal Upland - Old Field

Swamps

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

SummerWinterSouthern Coastal Plain Seepage Swamp and Baygall; West Gulf Coastal Plain Seepage Swamp and Baygall; West Gulf Coastal Plain Near-Coast Large River Swamp; Lower Mississippi River Bottomland Depressions - Forest Modifier; Southern Coastal Plain Nonriverine Cypress Dome; Mississippi River Bottomland Depression

Floodplain and bottomland forests

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

WinterBeside its main habitat.Mississippi River Riparian Forest; Mississippi River Low Floodplain (Bottomland) Forest; West Gulf Coastal Plain Small Stream and River Forest; West Gulf Coastal Plain Large River Floodplain Forest; Red River Large Floodplain Forest; Mississippi River Floodplain and Riparian Forest

Maritime forests and thickets

Salt-pruned forests and shrub thickets behind coastal dunes.

WinterBeside its main habitat.Mississippi Delta Maritime Forest

Moderately dry forests

Forests between dry and moist, often oak-hickory on slopes.

WinterBeside its main habitat.Mississippi River Alluvial Plain Dry-Mesic Loess Slope Forest

Moist forests

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

WinterBeside its main habitat.East Gulf Coastal Plain Southern Loess Bluff Forest; West Gulf Coastal Plain Mesic Hardwood Forest; East Gulf Coastal Plain Southern Mesic Slope Forest

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.

WinterBeside its main habitat.Deciduous Plantation; Evergreen Plantation or Managed Pine

Other habitats in its models (194)

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

Developed, Low Intensity Summer and winter.
Developed, Medium Intensity Summer and winter.
Developed, High Intensity Summer and winter.
Unconsolidated Shore (Lake/River/Pond) Summer and winter.
Unconsolidated Shore Summer and winter.
East Gulf Coastal Plain Limestone Forest Winter, beside its main habitat.
East Gulf Coastal Plain Northern Loess Plain Oak-Hickory Upland - Hardwood Modifier Winter, beside its main habitat.
Northeastern Interior Dry Oak Forest-Hardwood Modifier Winter, beside its main habitat.
East Gulf Coastal Plain Northern Loess Plain Oak-Hickory Upland - Juniper Modifier Winter, beside its main habitat.
Northeastern Interior Dry Oak Forest - Mixed Modifier Winter, beside its main habitat.
Ridge and Valley Calcareous Valley Bottom Glade and Woodland Winter, beside its main habitat.
East Gulf Coastal Plain Black Belt Calcareous Prairie and Woodland - Herbaceous Modifier Summer and winter.
Southern and Central Appalachian Oak Forest - Xeric Winter, beside its main habitat.
Northeastern Interior Dry-Mesic Oak Forest Winter, beside its main habitat.
Ozark-Ouachita Dry-Mesic Oak Forest Winter, beside its main habitat.
Southern Interior Low Plateau Dry-Mesic Oak Forest Winter, beside its main habitat.
East Gulf Coastal Plain Northern Dry Upland Hardwood Forest Winter, beside its main habitat.
Crosstimbers Oak Forest and Woodland Winter, beside its main habitat.
North-Central Interior Dry-Mesic Oak Forest and Woodland Winter, beside its main habitat.
North-Central Interior Dry Oak Forest and Woodland Winter, beside its main habitat.
Ouachita Montane Oak Forest Winter, beside its main habitat.
North-Central Interior Beech-Maple Forest Winter, beside its main habitat.
North-Central Interior Maple-Basswood Forest Winter, beside its main habitat.
Southern and Central Appalachian Oak Forest Winter, beside its main habitat.
Allegheny-Cumberland Dry Oak Forest and Woodland - Hardwood Winter, beside its main habitat.
East Gulf Coastal Plain Northern Loess Bluff Forest Winter, beside its main habitat.
Southern Coastal Plain Dry Upland Hardwood Forest Winter, beside its main habitat.
South Florida Hardwood Hammock Winter, beside its main habitat.
Atlantic Coastal Plain Dry and Dry-Mesic Oak Forest Winter, beside its main habitat.
Southwest Florida Coastal Strand and Maritime Hammock Winter, beside its main habitat.
Southeast Florida Coastal Strand and Maritime Hammock Winter, beside its main habitat.
Central and South Texas Coastal Fringe Forest and Woodland Winter, beside its main habitat.
West Gulf Coastal Plain Chenier and Upper Texas Coastal Fringe Forest and Woodland Winter, beside its main habitat.
East-Central Texas Plains Post Oak Savanna and Woodland Winter, beside its main habitat.
East-Central Texas Plains Riparian Forest Winter, beside its main habitat.
South Florida Pine Rockland Winter, beside its main habitat.
Southern Coastal Plain Oak Dome and Hammock Winter, beside its main habitat.
Ozark-Ouachita Dry Oak Woodland Winter, beside its main habitat.
East Gulf Coastal Plain Maritime Forest Winter, beside its main habitat.
Lower Mississippi River Dune Woodland and Forest Winter, beside its main habitat.
Edwards Plateau Limestone Savanna and Woodland Winter, beside its main habitat.
Western Great Plains Wooded Draw and Ravine Summer and winter.
Southern Piedmont Mesic Forest Winter, beside its main habitat.
Southern Crowley's Ridge Mesic Loess Slope Forest Winter, beside its main habitat.
East Gulf Coastal Plain Northern Mesic Hardwood Forest Winter, beside its main habitat.
South-Central Interior / Upper Coastal Plain Flatwoods Summer and winter.
Ozark-Ouachita Mesic Hardwood Forest Winter, beside its main habitat.
Atlantic Coastal Plain Central Maritime Forest Winter, beside its main habitat.
Atlantic Coastal Plain Southern Maritime Forest Winter, beside its main habitat.
East Gulf Coastal Plain Interior Shortleaf Pine-Oak Forest - Hardwood Modifier Winter, beside its main habitat.
Southern Piedmont Dry Oak-(Pine) Forest - Hardwood Modifier Winter, beside its main habitat.
East Gulf Coastal Plain Black Belt Calcareous Prairie and Woodland - Woodland Modifier Summer and winter.
Northeastern Interior Dry Oak Forest - Virginia/Pitch Pine Modifier Winter, beside its main habitat.
Southern Piedmont Dry Oak-(Pine) Forest - Loblolly Pine Modifier Winter, beside its main habitat.
East Gulf Coastal Plain Northern Dry Upland Hardwood Forest - Offsite Pine Modifier Winter, beside its main habitat.
Allegheny-Cumberland Dry Oak Forest and Woodland - Pine Modifier Winter, beside its main habitat.
Southern Ridge and Valley Dry Calcareous Forest - Pine modifier Winter, beside its main habitat.
East Gulf Coastal Plain Interior Shortleaf Pine-Oak Forest - Mixed Modifier Winter, beside its main habitat.
Southern Piedmont Dry Oak-(Pine) Forest - Mixed Modifier Winter, beside its main habitat.
Southern Piedmont Dry Oak-Heath Forest - Mixed Modifier Winter, beside its main habitat.
Northern Atlantic Coastal Plain Dry Hardwood Forest Winter, beside its main habitat.
West Gulf Coastal Plain Upland Longleaf Pine Forest and Woodland Winter, beside its main habitat.
Southeastern Interior Longleaf Pine Woodland Winter, beside its main habitat.
Central Interior Highlands Dry Acidic Glade and Barrens Winter, beside its main habitat.
Ozark-Ouachita Shortleaf Pine-Oak Forest and Woodland Winter, beside its main habitat.
Southern Piedmont Dry Oak-(Pine) Forest Winter, beside its main habitat.
Central Appalachian Oak and Pine Forest Winter, beside its main habitat.
West Gulf Coastal Plain Pine-Hardwood Forest Winter, beside its main habitat.
Southern Ridge and Valley Dry Calcareous Forest Winter, beside its main habitat.
Central Appalachian Pine-Oak Rocky Woodland Winter, beside its main habitat.
West Gulf Coastal Plain Sandhill Oak and Shortleaf Pine Forest and Woodland Winter, beside its main habitat.
Northern Crowley's Ridge Sand Forest Winter, beside its main habitat.
Southern and Central Appalachian Cove Forest Winter, beside its main habitat.
South-Central Interior Mesophytic Forest Winter, beside its main habitat.
Atlantic Coastal Plain Mesic Hardwood and Mixed Forest Winter, beside its main habitat.
East Gulf Coastal Plain Interior Upland Longleaf Pine Woodland - Offsite Hardwood Modifier Winter, beside its main habitat.
Florida Longleaf Pine Sandhill - Open Understory Modifier Winter, beside its main habitat.
Florida Longleaf Pine Sandhill - Scrub/Shrub Understory Modifier Winter, beside its main habitat.
Atlantic Coastal Plain Fall-Line Sandhills Longleaf Pine Woodland - Loblolly Modifier Winter, beside its main habitat.
Atlantic Coastal Plain Fall-line Sandhills Longleaf Pine Woodland - Open Understory Modifier Winter, beside its main habitat.
Atlantic Coastal Plain Fall-line Sandhills Longleaf Pine Woodland - Scrub/Shrub Understory Modifier Winter, beside its main habitat.
East Gulf Coastal Plain Interior Upland Longleaf Pine Woodland - Loblolly Modifier Winter, beside its main habitat.
East Gulf Coastal Plain Interior Upland Longleaf Pine Woodland - Open Understory Modifier Winter, beside its main habitat.
East Gulf Coastal Plain Interior Upland Longleaf Pine Woodland - Scrub/Shrub Modifier Winter, beside its main habitat.
Atlantic Coastal Plain Upland Longleaf Pine Woodland Winter, beside its main habitat.
Southern Appalachian Montane Pine Forest and Woodland Winter, beside its main habitat.
Southern Appalachian Low Mountain Pine Forest Winter, beside its main habitat.
Northeastern Interior Pine Barrens Winter, beside its main habitat.
East-Central Texas Plains Pine Forest and Woodland Winter, beside its main habitat.
Ozark-Ouachita Shortleaf Pine-Bluestem Woodland Winter, beside its main habitat.
Atlantic Coastal Plain Fall-line Sandhills Longleaf Pine Woodland - Offsite Hardwood Modifier Winter, beside its main habitat.
Florida Peninsula Inland Scrub Summer and winter.
North-Central Interior Oak Savanna Summer and winter.
Southern Piedmont Glade and Barrens Winter, beside its main habitat.
Nashville Basin Limestone Glade Winter, beside its main habitat.
Cumberland Sandstone Glade and Barrens Winter, beside its main habitat.
Central Appalachian Alkaline Glade and Woodland Winter, beside its main habitat.
Central Interior Highlands Calcareous Glade and Barrens Winter, beside its main habitat.
West Gulf Coastal Plain Catahoula Barrens Summer and winter.
West Gulf Coastal Plain Nepheline Syenite Glade Summer and winter.
Eastern Highland Rim Prairie and Barrens - Dry Modifier Summer and winter.
Central Mixedgrass Prairie Summer and winter.
Arkansas Valley Prairie and Woodland Summer and winter.
Central Tallgrass Prairie Summer and winter.
Southern Blackland Tallgrass Prairie Summer and winter.
Southeastern Great Plains Tallgrass Prairie Summer and winter.
Florida Dry Prairie Summer and winter.
West Gulf Coastal Plain Northern Calcareous Prairie Summer and winter.
East Gulf Coastal Plain Jackson Prairie and Woodland Summer and winter.
Atlantic Coastal Plain Southern Dune and Maritime Grassland Summer and winter.
Southwest Florida Dune and Coastal Grassland Summer and winter.
East Gulf Coastal Plain Dune and Coastal Grassland Summer and winter.
Central and Upper Texas Coast Dune and Coastal Grassland Summer and winter.
Harvested Forest - Grass/Forb Regeneration Summer and winter.
Introduced Upland Vegetation - Forbland Summer and winter.
Introduced Upland Vegetation - Annual Grassland Summer and winter.
Introduced Upland Vegetation - Perennial Grassland Summer and winter.
Modified/Managed Southern Tall Grassland Summer and winter.
Atlantic Coastal Plain Central Salt and Brackish Tidal Marsh Summer and winter.
Atlantic Coastal Plain Indian River Lagoon Tidal Marsh Summer and winter.
Atlantic Coastal Plain Embayed Region Tidal Salt and Brackish Marsh Summer and winter.
Mississippi Sound Salt and Brackish Tidal Marsh Summer and winter.
Atlantic Coastal Plain Northern Tidal Salt Marsh Summer and winter.
Florida Big Bend Salt-Brackish Tidal Marsh Summer and winter.
Southern Coastal Plain Nonriverine Basin Swamp - Okefenokee Taxodium Modifier Summer and winter.
Southern Coastal Plain Nonriverine Basin Swamp - Okefenokee Bay/Gum Modifier Winter, beside its main habitat.
Southern Coastal Plain Nonriverine Basin Swamp - Okefenokee Pine Modifier Summer and winter.
Southern Coastal Plain Nonriverine Basin Swamp - Okefenokee Nupea Modifier Summer and winter.
Southern Coastal Plain Nonriverine Basin Swamp - Okefenokee Clethra Modifier Summer and winter.
Atlantic Coastal Plain Clay-Based Carolina Bay Herbaceous Wetland Summer and winter.
Atlantic Coastal Plain Peatland Pocosin Summer and winter.
Atlantic Coastal Plain Streamhead Seepage Swamp - Pocosin - and Baygall Summer and winter.
Central Interior and Appalachian Swamp Systems Winter, beside its main habitat.
Atlantic Coastal Plain Large Natural Lakeshore Summer and winter.
South Florida Everglades Sawgrass Marsh Summer and winter.
Central Interior and Appalachian Shrub-Herbaceous Wetland Systems Summer and winter.
Floridian Highlands Freshwater Marsh Summer and winter.
Atlantic Coastal Plain Embayed Region Tidal Freshwater Marsh Summer and winter.
Central Florida Herbaceous Seep Summer and winter.
Florida Big Bend Fresh-Oligohaline Tidal Marsh Summer and winter.
Atlantic Coastal Plain Northern Fresh and Oligohaline Tidal Marsh Summer and winter.
South Florida Mangrove Swamp Summer and winter.
South Florida Bayhead Swamp Winter, beside its main habitat.
Southern Coastal Plain Nonriverine Basin Swamp Summer and winter.
Northern Atlantic Coastal Plain Basin Swamp and Wet Hardwood Forest Summer and winter.
Atlantic Coastal Plain Central Fresh-Oligohaline Tidal Marsh Summer and winter.
Atlantic Coastal Plain Nonriverine Swamp and Wet Hardwood Forest - Taxodium/Nyssa Modifier Winter, beside its main habitat.
Atlantic Coastal Plain Nonriverine Swamp and Wet Hardwood Forest - Oak Dominated Modifier Winter, beside its main habitat.
Atlantic Coastal Plain Clay-Based Carolina Bay Forested Wetland Summer and winter.
South Florida Dwarf Cypress Savanna Summer and winter.
Southern and Central Appalachian Bog and Fen Summer and winter.
South Florida Wet Marl Prairie Summer and winter.
East Gulf Coastal Plain Savanna and Wet Prairie Summer and winter.
Texas Saline Coastal Prairie Summer and winter.
Eastern Great Plains Wet Meadow, Prairie, and Marsh Summer and winter.
South Florida Cypress Dome Winter, beside its main habitat.
Western Great Plains Depressional Wetland Systems Summer and winter.
Central Florida Herbaceous Pondshore Summer and winter.
East Gulf Coastal Plain Southern Depression Pondshore Summer and winter.
Southern Piedmont/Ridge and Valley Upland Depression Swamp Summer and winter.
Atlantic Coastal Plain Depression Pondshore Summer and winter.
South Florida Freshwater Slough and Gator Hole Summer and winter.
Atlantic Coastal Plain Blackwater Stream Floodplain Forest - Forest Modifier Winter, beside its main habitat.
Central Appalachian Riparian - Forest Modifier Winter, beside its main habitat.
East Gulf Coastal Plain Large River Floodplain Forest - Forest Modifier Winter, beside its main habitat.
South-Central Interior Large Floodplain - Forest Modifier Winter, beside its main habitat.
Southern Piedmont Large Floodplain Forest - Forest Modifier Winter, beside its main habitat.
East Gulf Coastal Plain Large River Floodplain Forest - Herbaceous Modifier Summer and winter.
South-Central Interior Large Floodplain - Herbaceous Modifier Summer and winter.
Western Great Plains Floodplain Systems Summer and winter.
Eastern Great Plains Floodplain Systems Winter, beside its main habitat.
Central Interior and Appalachian Floodplain Systems Winter, beside its main habitat.
Central Interior and Appalachian Riparian Systems Winter, beside its main habitat.
Tamaulipan Riparian Systems Winter, beside its main habitat.
Cumberland Riverscour Summer.
Southern Coastal Plain Hydric Hammock Winter, beside its main habitat.
Southern Piedmont Small Floodplain and Riparian Forest Winter, beside its main habitat.
Atlantic Coastal Plain Small Brownwater River Floodplain Forest Winter, beside its main habitat.
Atlantic Coastal Plain Small Blackwater River Floodplain Forest Winter, beside its main habitat.
Atlantic Coastal Plain Brownwater Stream Floodplain Forest Winter, beside its main habitat.
South-Central Interior Small Stream and Riparian Summer and winter.
East Gulf Coastal Plain Small Stream and River Floodplain Forest Winter, beside its main habitat.
Southern Coastal Plain Blackwater River Floodplain Forest Winter, beside its main habitat.
Texas-Louisiana Coastal Prairie Slough Summer and winter.
South-Central Interior Large Floodplain Winter, beside its main habitat.
Ozark-Ouachita Riparian Winter, beside its main habitat.
East Gulf Coastal Plain Jackson Plain Dry Flatwoods - Open Understory Modifier Winter, beside its main habitat.
East Gulf Coastal Plain Near-Coast Pine Flatwoods - Offsite Hardwood Modifier Winter, beside its main habitat.
South Florida Pine Flatwoods Summer and winter.
Central Atlantic Coastal Plain Wet Longleaf Pine Savanna and Flatwoods Summer and winter.
Atlantic Coastal Plain Southern Wet Pine Savanna and Flatwoods Summer and winter.
Central Florida Pine Flatwoods Summer and winter.
South-Central Interior / Upper Coastal Plain Wet Flatwoods Summer and winter.
North-Central Interior Wet Flatwoods Summer and winter.