Bird
Yellow-throated Vireo
Vireo flavifrons
A summer resident that nests in Louisiana. Found in all 64 parishes, across 3 habitats.
- Here
- Summer and on migration
- Nesting
- Nests here
- Range
- All 64 parishes
- Habitats
- 3

At a glance
- Group
- Birds
- Here
- Summer and on migration
- Nesting
- Nests here
- Range
- All 64 parishes
- Habitats
- 3
- Habitat models
- Summer
Where it lives
The places its habitat model includes. It is not found everywhere a habitat occurs.
Habitats in Louisiana 3
Each habitat page lists the plants and wildlife also found there.
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.
Roadsides, fields and disturbed ground
Ground opened by people: roadsides, old fields, pastures, fencerows and lots.
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.
Other habitats in its models (16)
Land cover, or classes with no habitat page in Louisiana. Those recorded in Louisiana first, the rest by region.
Elsewhere in the South (6)
- Central and South Texas Coastal Fringe Forest and Woodland Summer.
- Crosstimbers Oak Forest and Woodland Summer.
- East-Central Texas Plains Floodplain Forest Summer.
- East-Central Texas Plains Post Oak Savanna and Woodland Summer.
- East-Central Texas Plains Riparian Forest Summer.
- Western Great Plains Floodplain Summer.
Midwest (6)
- North-Central Interior Beech-Maple Forest Summer.
- North-Central Interior Dry Oak Forest and Woodland Summer.
- North-Central Interior Dry-Mesic Oak Forest and Woodland Summer.
- North-Central Interior Maple-Basswood Forest Summer.
- Northwestern Great Plains Riparian Summer.
- Western Great Plains Dry Bur Oak Forest and Woodland Summer.
West (1)
- Western Great Plains Riparian Woodland and Shrubland Summer.
Land cover and other classes (3)
- Developed, Low Intensity Summer.
- Tamaulipan Riparian Systems Summer.
- Western Great Plains Floodplain Systems Summer.
Seasons in Louisiana
- Migratory: does not nest here, in 28 of 64 parishes.
- Summer: nests here, in 51 of 64 parishes.
Food plants
Diet records by plant genus, from studies across North America. Not a record from this state. Plants matched by genus.
Native plants in these genera 13
- Chenopodium berlandieri var. boscianumChenopodium berlandieri var. boscianum
- Pitseeded GoosefootChenopodium berlandieri
- Standleys GoosefootChenopodium standleyanum
- American PokeweedPhytolacca americana
- Maritime PokeweedPhytolacca americana var. rigida
- SassafrasSassafras albidum
- Mustang GrapeVitis mustangensis
- MuscadineVitis rotundifolia
- Frost GrapeVitis vulpina
- Riverbank GrapeVitis riparia
- Summer GrapeVitis aestivalis
- Summer GrapeVitis aestivalis var. aestivalis
- Vitis cinereaVitis cinerea
Plant genera in its diet records (4)
- Chenopodium 1 diet record. 3 native plants in Louisiana
- Phytolacca 1 diet record. 2 native plants in Louisiana
- Sassafras 1 diet record. 1 native plant in Louisiana
- Vitis 1 diet record. 7 native plants in Louisiana
Also found in its main habitats
Its main habitats in Louisiana, by how much of its habitat model each one is, with the birds most characteristic of each and the plants that grow wild there. Shared habitat, not food.
Disturbed and introduced wetlands
Birds 169
- Black TernChlidonias niger
- Black-chinned HummingbirdArchilochus alexandri
- BobolinkDolichonyx oryzivorus
- Bronzed CowbirdMolothrus aeneus
- Black RailLaterallus jamaicensis
- Chestnut-sided WarblerDendroica pensylvanica
- Magnolia WarblerDendroica magnolia
- Red-breasted NuthatchSitta canadensis
- Rufous HummingbirdSelasphorus rufus
- Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensis
- Vesper SparrowPooecetes gramineus
- Willow FlycatcherEmpidonax traillii
Plants 20
- Slender FimbryFimbristylis autumnalis
- Purple SpikerushEleocharis atropurpurea
- Blue MistflowerConoclinium coelestinum
- BagpodGlottidium vesicarium
- Tropical FlatsedgeCyperus surinamensis
- Blunt Spike RushEleocharis obtusa
- False DaisyEclipta prostrata
- Bristly SedgeCarex comosa
- Shortbeak BeaksedgeRhynchospora nitens
- Southern Marsh YellowcressRorippa teres
- Sensitive FernOnoclea sensibilis
- Ditch FimbryFimbristylis schoenoides
Tree plantations and managed pine
Birds 67
- Cerulean WarblerDendroica cerulea
- Evening GrosbeakCoccothraustes vespertinus
- Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostra
- Blue-winged WarblerVermivora pinus
- Golden-winged WarblerVermivora chrysoptera
- Magnolia WarblerDendroica magnolia
- Alder FlycatcherEmpidonax alnorum
- Black-billed CuckooCoccyzus erythropthalmus
- House FinchCarpodacus mexicanus
- Rose-breasted GrosbeakPheucticus ludovicianus
- Scarlet TanagerPiranga olivacea
- Broad-winged HawkButeo platypterus
Plants 1
- Loblolly PinePinus taeda
Roadsides, fields and disturbed ground
Birds 139
- Cape May WarblerDendroica tigrina
- Greater RoadrunnerGeococcyx californianus
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Inca DoveColumbina inca
- Long-eared OwlAsio otus
- Monk ParakeetMyiopsitta monachus
- Smith's LongspurCalcarius pictus
- Upland SandpiperBartramia longicauda
- Western Burrowing OwlAthene cunicularia hypugaea
- Rock PigeonColumba livia
- BobolinkDolichonyx oryzivorus
- Bronzed CowbirdMolothrus aeneus
Plants 958
- Muck SunflowerHelianthus simulans
- Canada LettuceLactuca canadensis
- Annual FleabaneErigeron annuus
- Common Evening-primroseOenothera biennis
- Cutleaf Evening-primroseOenothera laciniata
- Dog-fennelEupatorium capillifolium
- Threadleaf SundropsOenothera linifolia
- Carolina Crane's-billGeranium carolinianum
- Golden CrownbeardVerbesina encelioides
- Blackeyed SusanRudbeckia hirta var. pulcherrima
- Downy Ground-cherryPhysalis pubescens
- Gray Ground-cherryPhysalis grisea
Sources
- USGS Gap Analysis Project habitat models (2001)
- USGS GAP summer habitat model for Yellow-throated Vireo Elevation up to 1,100 m
- USGS Gap Analysis Project range maps (2001), modeled by watershed; migratory gives no dates
- NatureServe Explorer (CC BY 4.0), habitat names
- US Census TIGER/Line counties
- Names follow the USGS Gap Analysis Project (2001)
- Avian Diet Database (Hurlbert Lab) (CC0 1.0), diet records by plant genus


























































