Bird

Tree Swallow

Tachycineta bicolor

Lives in Louisiana all year and nests here. Found in all 64 parishes, across 13 habitats.

Here: All year
Nesting: Nests here
Range: All 64 parishes
Habitats: 13

Male Tree Swallow, whole bird — **Male**. (c) Matt Felperin, some rights reserved (CC BY). CC BY. iNaturalist photo 133783442. iNaturalist large derivative; no local crop or retouch.

At a glance

Group: Birds
Here: All year
Nesting: Nests here
Range: All 64 parishes
Habitats: 13
Habitat models: Summer, Winter

Where it lives

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

Habitats in Louisiana 13

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

1 of 13

Coastal dunes and beaches

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

SummerWinterUnconsolidated Shore (Beach/Dune)

Coastal Plain seepage bogs

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

WinterSouthern 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.

Winter

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

Floodplain and bottomland forests

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

SummerWinterMississippi River Riparian Forest; Mississippi River Low Floodplain (Bottomland) 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.

WinterLower Mississippi River Flatwoods

Pine flatwoods

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

WinterWest Gulf Coastal Plain Wet Longleaf Pine Savanna and Flatwoods

Pine savannas

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

WinterWest Gulf Coastal Plain Wet Longleaf Pine Savanna and Flatwoods

Ponds, lakes and their shores

Still water and its edges: ponds, lakes, millponds and reservoirs.

SummerWinterOpen Water (Fresh)

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.

SummerWinterDeveloped, Open Space; Pasture/Hay; Disturbed/Successional - Grass/Forb Regeneration; Utility Swath - Herbaceous; Ruderal Upland - Old Field

Sounds, bays and tidal flats

Salt and brackish open water of sounds, bays and estuaries, with the mud and sand flats and seagrass beds that tides cover and uncover; the vegetated marsh is salt and brackish marshes.

SummerWinterOpen Water (Brackish/Salt)

Swamps

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

WinterWest Gulf Coastal Plain Seepage Swamp and Baygall; East Gulf Coastal Plain Tidal Wooded Swamp; Gulf and Atlantic Coastal Plain Swamp Systems; West Gulf Coastal Plain Near-Coast Large River Swamp

Other habitats in its models (114)

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

Developed, Low Intensity Summer and winter.
Open Water (Aquaculture) Summer and winter.
Unconsolidated Shore (Lake/River/Pond) Summer and winter.
Unconsolidated Shore Winter.
Florida Panhandle Beach Vegetation Winter.
Ridge and Valley Calcareous Valley Bottom Glade and Woodland Summer, only within 250 m of water.
East Gulf Coastal Plain Black Belt Calcareous Prairie and Woodland - Herbaceous Modifier Summer and winter.
Crosstimbers Oak Forest and Woodland Summer, only within 250 m of water.
North-Central Interior Dry-Mesic Oak Forest and Woodland Summer, only within 250 m of water.
North-Central Interior Dry Oak Forest and Woodland Summer, only within 250 m of water.
Allegheny-Cumberland Dry Oak Forest and Woodland - Hardwood Summer, only within 250 m of water.
East-Central Texas Plains Post Oak Savanna and Woodland Winter.
East-Central Texas Plains Riparian Forest Winter.
East-Central Texas Plains Floodplain Forest Winter.
Lower Mississippi River Dune Woodland and Forest Winter.
Western Great Plains Wooded Draw and Ravine Summer and winter.
East Gulf Coastal Plain Black Belt Calcareous Prairie and Woodland - Woodland Modifier Summer and winter.
Allegheny-Cumberland Dry Oak Forest and Woodland - Pine Modifier Summer, only within 250 m of water.
Appalachian Shale Barrens Summer, only within 250 m of water.
Central Interior Highlands Dry Acidic Glade and Barrens Summer, only within 250 m of water.
Central Appalachian Pine-Oak Rocky Woodland Summer, only within 250 m of water.
Florida Longleaf Pine Sandhill - Open Understory Modifier Winter.
East-Central Texas Plains Pine Forest and Woodland Winter.
North-Central Interior Oak Savanna Summer, only within 250 m of water.
North-Central Oak Barrens Summer, only within 250 m of water.
Southern Piedmont Glade and Barrens Summer and winter.
Nashville Basin Limestone Glade Summer, only within 250 m of water.
Cumberland Sandstone Glade and Barrens Summer, only within 250 m of water.
Central Appalachian Alkaline Glade and Woodland Summer, only within 250 m of water.
Central Interior Highlands Calcareous Glade and Barrens Summer, only within 250 m of water.
West Gulf Coastal Plain Catahoula Barrens Winter.
West Gulf Coastal Plain Nepheline Syenite Glade Winter.
Atlantic Coastal Plain Xeric River Dune Winter.
Eastern Highland Rim Prairie and Barrens - Dry Modifier Summer and winter.
Central Mixedgrass Prairie Summer, only within 250 m of water.
North-Central Interior Sand and Gravel Tallgrass Prairie Summer, only within 250 m of water.
Arkansas Valley Prairie and Woodland Summer, only within 250 m of water.
Central Tallgrass Prairie Summer, only within 250 m of water.
Florida Dry Prairie Winter.
West Gulf Coastal Plain Northern Calcareous Prairie Winter.
East Gulf Coastal Plain Jackson Prairie and Woodland Summer and winter.
Atlantic Coastal Plain Southern Dune and Maritime Grassland Winter.
Southwest Florida Dune and Coastal Grassland Winter.
East Gulf Coastal Plain Dune and Coastal Grassland Winter.
Central and Upper Texas Coast Dune and Coastal Grassland Winter.
Recently Logged Areas Summer, only within 250 m of water.
Harvested Forest - Grass/Forb Regeneration Summer and winter.
Recently Burned Summer and winter.
Recently Burned Forest Summer and winter.
Recently Burned Grassland 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.
Atlantic Coastal Plain Central Salt and Brackish Tidal Marsh Summer and winter.
Atlantic Coastal Plain Indian River Lagoon Tidal Marsh Winter.
Atlantic Coastal Plain Embayed Region Tidal Salt and Brackish Marsh Summer and winter.
Mississippi Sound Salt and Brackish Tidal Marsh Winter.
Atlantic Coastal Plain Northern Tidal Salt Marsh Summer and winter.
Florida Big Bend Salt-Brackish Tidal Marsh Winter.
Southern Coastal Plain Nonriverine Basin Swamp - Okefenokee Taxodium Modifier Winter.
Southern Coastal Plain Nonriverine Basin Swamp - Okefenokee Bay/Gum Modifier Winter.
Southern Coastal Plain Nonriverine Basin Swamp - Okefenokee Pine Modifier Winter.
Southern Coastal Plain Nonriverine Basin Swamp - Okefenokee Nupea Modifier Winter.
Southern Coastal Plain Nonriverine Basin Swamp - Okefenokee Clethra Modifier Winter.
Atlantic Coastal Plain Clay-Based Carolina Bay Herbaceous Wetland Winter.
Atlantic Coastal Plain Streamhead Seepage Swamp - Pocosin - and Baygall Winter.
Central Interior and Appalachian Swamp Systems Summer.
Atlantic Coastal Plain Large Natural Lakeshore Summer and winter.
Atlantic Coastal Plain Southern Tidal Wooded Swamp Winter.
South Florida Everglades Sawgrass Marsh Winter.
Central Interior and Appalachian Shrub-Herbaceous Wetland Systems Summer.
Floridian Highlands Freshwater Marsh Winter.
Atlantic Coastal Plain Embayed Region Tidal Freshwater Marsh Summer and winter.
Central Florida Herbaceous Seep Winter.
Florida Big Bend Fresh-Oligohaline Tidal Marsh Winter.
Atlantic Coastal Plain Northern Fresh and Oligohaline Tidal Marsh Summer and winter.
South Florida Bayhead Swamp Winter.
Southern Coastal Plain Nonriverine Basin Swamp 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.
South Florida Dwarf Cypress Savanna Winter.
South Florida Wet Marl Prairie Winter.
East Gulf Coastal Plain Savanna and Wet Prairie Winter.
Texas Saline Coastal Prairie Winter.
Eastern Great Plains Wet Meadow, Prairie, and Marsh Winter.
South Florida Cypress Dome Winter.
Western Great Plains Depressional Wetland Systems Winter.
Central Florida Herbaceous Pondshore 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.
Central Appalachian Floodplain - Forest Modifier Summer.
Central Appalachian Riparian - Forest Modifier Summer.
East Gulf Coastal Plain Large River Floodplain Forest - Forest Modifier Summer and winter.
South-Central Interior Large Floodplain - Forest Modifier Summer.
Southern Piedmont Large Floodplain Forest - Forest Modifier Summer and winter.
East Gulf Coastal Plain Large River Floodplain Forest - Herbaceous Modifier Summer and winter.
South-Central Interior Large Floodplain - Herbaceous Modifier Summer.
Western Great Plains Floodplain Systems Winter.
Eastern Great Plains Floodplain Systems Winter.
Central Interior and Appalachian Floodplain Systems Summer.
Central Interior and Appalachian Riparian Systems Summer.
Western Great Plains Floodplain Winter.
Southern Piedmont Small Floodplain and Riparian Forest Summer and winter.
Atlantic Coastal Plain Small Brownwater River Floodplain Forest Winter.
Atlantic Coastal Plain Small Blackwater River Floodplain Forest Winter.
South-Central Interior Small Stream and Riparian Summer.
East Gulf Coastal Plain Small Stream and River Floodplain Forest Summer and winter.
Southern Coastal Plain Blackwater River Floodplain Forest Winter.
Texas-Louisiana Coastal Prairie Slough Winter.
South-Central Interior Large Floodplain Summer.
Atlantic Coastal Plain Southern Wet Pine Savanna and Flatwoods Winter.
South-Central Interior / Upper Coastal Plain Wet Flatwoods Summer.
North-Central Interior Wet Flatwoods Summer.