Bird

Swainson's Warbler

Limnothlypis swainsonii

A summer resident that nests in Louisiana. Found in all 64 parishes, across 5 habitats.

Here: Summer
Nesting: Nests here
Range: All 64 parishes
Habitats: 5

Adult Swainson's Warbler, whole bird — **Adult**. (c) Ken Clark, some rights reserved (CC BY). CC BY. iNaturalist photo 686068350. iNaturalist large derivative; no local crop or retouch.

At a glance

Group: Birds
Here: Summer
Nesting: Nests here
Range: All 64 parishes
Habitats: 5
Habitat models: Summer

Where it lives

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

Habitats in Louisiana 5

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

1 of 5

Floodplain and bottomland forests

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

SummerMississippi 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

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.

SummerWest Gulf Coastal Plain Pine-Hardwood Flatwoods; Lower Mississippi River Flatwoods; West Gulf Coastal Plain Nonriverine Wet Hardwood Flatwoods

Swamps

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

SummerSouthern Coastal Plain Seepage Swamp and Baygall; West Gulf Coastal Plain Near-Coast Large River Swamp; Lower Mississippi River Bottomland Depressions - Forest Modifier; Mississippi River Bottomland Depression

Moderately dry forests

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

SummerOnly within 250 m of water.Mississippi River Alluvial Plain Dry-Mesic Loess Slope Forest

Moist forests

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

SummerOnly within 250 m of water.East Gulf Coastal Plain Southern Loess Bluff Forest; West Gulf Coastal Plain Mesic Hardwood Forest; East Gulf Coastal Plain Southern Mesic Slope Forest

Other habitats in its models (54)

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

East Gulf Coastal Plain Northern Loess Plain Oak-Hickory Upland - Hardwood Modifier Summer, only within 250 m of water.
Northeastern Interior Dry Oak Forest-Hardwood Modifier Summer, only within 250 m of water.
Southern and Central Appalachian Oak Forest - Xeric Summer, only within 250 m of water.
Ozark-Ouachita Dry-Mesic Oak Forest Summer, only within 250 m of water.
Southern Interior Low Plateau Dry-Mesic Oak Forest Summer, only within 250 m of water.
East Gulf Coastal Plain Northern Dry Upland Hardwood Forest Summer, only within 250 m of water.
Ouachita Montane Oak Forest Summer, only within 250 m of water.
Southern and Central Appalachian Oak Forest Summer, only within 250 m of water.
Allegheny-Cumberland Dry Oak Forest and Woodland - Hardwood Summer, only within 250 m of water.
East Gulf Coastal Plain Northern Loess Bluff Forest Summer, only within 250 m of water.
Central and South Texas Coastal Fringe Forest and Woodland Summer, only within 250 m of water.
West Gulf Coastal Plain Chenier and Upper Texas Coastal Fringe Forest and Woodland Summer, only within 250 m of water.
East-Central Texas Plains Post Oak Savanna and Woodland Summer, only within 250 m of water.
East-Central Texas Plains Riparian Forest Summer.
East-Central Texas Plains Floodplain Forest Summer.
Lower Mississippi River Dune Woodland and Forest Summer.
Southern Piedmont Mesic Forest Summer, only within 250 m of water.
East Gulf Coastal Plain Northern Mesic Hardwood Forest Summer, only within 250 m of water.
Ozark-Ouachita Mesic Hardwood Forest Summer, only within 250 m of water.
Southern Piedmont Dry Oak-(Pine) Forest - Hardwood Modifier Summer, only within 250 m of water.
Southern Piedmont Dry Oak-(Pine) Forest - Mixed Modifier Summer, only within 250 m of water.
Southern Piedmont Dry Oak-Heath Forest - Mixed Modifier Summer, only within 250 m of water.
Northern Atlantic Coastal Plain Dry Hardwood Forest Summer, only within 250 m of water.
Ozark-Ouachita Shortleaf Pine-Oak Forest and Woodland Summer, only within 250 m of water.
Central Appalachian Oak and Pine Forest Summer, only within 250 m of water.
Appalachian Hemlock-Hardwood Forest Summer, only within 250 m of water.
West Gulf Coastal Plain Pine-Hardwood Forest Summer, only within 250 m of water.
Southern Ridge and Valley Dry Calcareous Forest Summer, only within 250 m of water.
West Gulf Coastal Plain Sandhill Oak and Shortleaf Pine Forest and Woodland Summer, only within 250 m of water.
Southern and Central Appalachian Cove Forest Summer, only within 250 m of water.
South-Central Interior Mesophytic Forest Summer, only within 250 m of water.
Atlantic Coastal Plain Mesic Hardwood and Mixed Forest Summer, only within 250 m of water.
Ozark-Ouachita Shortleaf Pine-Bluestem Woodland Summer, only within 250 m of water.
Southern Coastal Plain Nonriverine Basin Swamp - Okefenokee Taxodium Modifier Summer.
Atlantic Coastal Plain Streamhead Seepage Swamp - Pocosin - and Baygall Summer.
South Florida Bayhead Swamp Summer.
Southern Coastal Plain Nonriverine Basin Swamp Summer.
Northern Atlantic Coastal Plain Basin Swamp and Wet Hardwood Forest Summer.
Atlantic Coastal Plain Nonriverine Swamp and Wet Hardwood Forest - Taxodium/Nyssa Modifier Summer.
Atlantic Coastal Plain Nonriverine Swamp and Wet Hardwood Forest - Oak Dominated Modifier Summer.
Atlantic Coastal Plain Clay-Based Carolina Bay Forested Wetland Summer.
Southern Piedmont/Ridge and Valley Upland Depression Swamp Summer.
Central Appalachian Floodplain - Forest Modifier Summer.
Central Appalachian Riparian - Forest Modifier Summer.
East Gulf Coastal Plain Large River Floodplain Forest - Forest Modifier Summer.
South-Central Interior Large Floodplain - Forest Modifier Summer.
Southern Piedmont Large Floodplain Forest - Forest Modifier Summer.
South-Central Interior Large Floodplain - Herbaceous Modifier Summer.
Southern Piedmont Small Floodplain and Riparian Forest Summer.
Atlantic Coastal Plain Small Brownwater River Floodplain Forest Summer.
Atlantic Coastal Plain Brownwater Stream Floodplain Forest Summer.
South-Central Interior Small Stream and Riparian Summer.
East Gulf Coastal Plain Small Stream and River Floodplain Forest Summer.
Ozark-Ouachita Riparian Summer.