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Sprague's Pipit

Anthus spragueii

A winter visitor to Louisiana, found in 33 of 64 parishes and 2 habitats.

Here
Winter
Nesting
Not known to nest here
Range
33 of 64 parishes
Habitats
2

At a glance

Group
Birds
Here
Winter
Nesting
Not known to nest here
Range
33 of 64 parishes
Habitats
2
Habitat models
Winter

Where it lives

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

Habitats in Louisiana 2

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

1 of 2

Prairies and grasslands

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

WinterWest 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.

WinterDisturbed/Successional - Grass/Forb Regeneration; Utility Swath - Herbaceous; Ruderal Upland - Old Field
Other habitats in its models (23)

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

  • Eastern Highland Rim Prairie and Barrens - Dry Modifier Winter.
  • Central Mixedgrass Prairie Winter.
  • Western Great Plains Foothill and Piedmont Grassland Winter.
  • Western Great Plains Sand Prairie Winter.
  • Western Great Plains Shortgrass Prairie Winter.
  • Western Great Plains Tallgrass Prairie Winter.
  • Arkansas Valley Prairie and Woodland Winter.
  • Central Tallgrass Prairie Winter.
  • Southern Blackland Tallgrass Prairie Winter.
  • Southeastern Great Plains Tallgrass Prairie Winter.
  • West Gulf Coastal Plain Northern Calcareous Prairie Winter.
  • Central and Upper Texas Coast Dune and Coastal Grassland Winter.
  • Recently Logged Areas Winter.
  • Harvested Forest - Grass/Forb Regeneration Winter.
  • Recently Burned Winter.
  • Recently Burned Forest Winter.
  • Recently Burned Grassland Winter.
  • Introduced Upland Vegetation - Forbland Winter.
  • Introduced Upland Vegetation - Annual Grassland Winter.
  • Introduced Upland Vegetation - Perennial Grassland Winter.
  • Introduced Upland Vegetation - Perennial Grassland and Forbland Winter.
  • Modified/Managed Southern Tall Grassland Winter.
  • Texas Saline Coastal Prairie Winter.

All habitats

Seasons in Louisiana

  • Winter: does not nest here, in 33 of 64 parishes.

Also found in this habitat

Plants 139

Plants named in NatureServe descriptions of these habitats that grow in Louisiana. Shared habitat, not food.

Wildlife 176

Other animals whose habitat models include the same habitats in Louisiana. Not sighting records.

NatureServe Explorer, CC BY 4.0. USGS Gap Analysis Project habitat models.

Sources