Louisiana Checklist
Species data
Abundance Presence
Pied-billed Grebe
Podilymbus podiceps
Upper Coastal Plain 0.00
Mississippi Alluvial Plain 0.02
Coastal Prairies 0.4
American White Pelican
Pelecanus erythrorhynchos
Mississippi Alluvial Plain 0.3
Double-crest. Cormorant
Phalacrocorax auritus
Upper Coastal Plain 0.01
Mississippi Alluvial Plain 0.1
Coastal Prairies 3.4
Olivaceous Cormorant
Phalacrocorax brasilianus
Coastal Prairies 3.1
Anhinga
Anhinga anhinga
Coastal Flatwoods 0.09
Upper Coastal Plain 0.2
Mississippi Alluvial Plain 1.7
Coastal Prairies 0.03
Magnif. Frigatebird
Fregata magnificens
Coastal Prairies 2.6
Least Bittern
Ixobrychus exilis
Coastal Prairies 1.3
Great Blue Heron
Ardea herodias
Coastal Flatwoods 0.5
Upper Coastal Plain 2.0
Mississippi Alluvial Plain 4.7
Coastal Prairies 3.6
Great Egret
Casmerodius albus
Coastal Flatwoods 1.9
Upper Coastal Plain 10.1
Mississippi Alluvial Plain 30.8
Coastal Prairies 46.3
Snowy Egret
Egretta thula
Coastal Flatwoods 0.2
Upper Coastal Plain 1.2
Mississippi Alluvial Plain 6.4
Coastal Prairies 27.3
Little Blue Heron
Egretta caerulea
Coastal Flatwoods 4.2
Upper Coastal Plain 3.6
Mississippi Alluvial Plain 26.6
Coastal Prairies 35.7
Tricolored Heron
Egretta tricolor
Upper Coastal Plain 0.01
Mississippi Alluvial Plain 3.0
Coastal Prairies 6.0
Cattle Egret
Bubulcus ibis
Coastal Flatwoods 29.0
Upper Coastal Plain 30.6
Mississippi Alluvial Plain 65.5
Coastal Prairies 109.2
Green Heron
Butorides virescens
Coastal Flatwoods 1.0
Upper Coastal Plain 1.3
Mississippi Alluvial Plain 2.2
Coastal Prairies 6.9
Black-crn. Night Heron
Nycticorax nycticorax
Coastal Flatwoods 0.02
Upper Coastal Plain 0.01
Mississippi Alluvial Plain 0.4
Coastal Prairies 1.1
Yellow-crn. Night Heron
Nycticorax violacus
Coastal Flatwoods 0.3
Upper Coastal Plain 0.2
Mississippi Alluvial Plain 12.8
Coastal Prairies 2.0
White Ibis
Eudocimus albus
Coastal Flatwoods 1.2
Upper Coastal Plain 1.0
Mississippi Alluvial Plain 15.9
Coastal Prairies 31.8
White-faced Ibis
Plegadis chihi
Mississippi Alluvial Plain 0.05
Coastal Prairies 21.2
Roseate Spoonbill
Ajaia ajaja
Mississippi Alluvial Plain 0.01
Coastal Prairies 2.2
Wood Stork
Mycteria americana
Upper Coastal Plain 0.9
Fulvous Whistling Duck
Dendrocygna bicolor
Coastal Prairies 7.1
Wood Duck
Aix sponsa
Coastal Flatwoods 0.1
Upper Coastal Plain 1.1
Mississippi Alluvial Plain 3.0
Coastal Prairies 0.3
Mottled Duck
Anas fulvigula
Mississippi Alluvial Plain 0.4
Coastal Prairies 6.9
Mallard
Anas platyrhynchos
Upper Coastal Plain 0.5
Mississippi Alluvial Plain 0.08
Blue-winged Teal
Anas discors
Coastal Prairies 0.1
Black Vulture
Coragyps atratus
Coastal Flatwoods 1.9
Upper Coastal Plain 1.8
Mississippi Alluvial Plain 3.8
Coastal Prairies 0.9
Turkey Vulture
Cathartes aura
Coastal Flatwoods 3.0
Upper Coastal Plain 2.7
Mississippi Alluvial Plain 1.7
Coastal Prairies 2.0
Osprey
Pandion haliaetus
Upper Coastal Plain 0.00
Mississippi Alluvial Plain 0.04
Coastal Prairies 0.01
Swallow-tailed Kite
Elanoides forficatus
Coastal Flatwoods 0.07
Mississippi Alluvial Plain 0.2
White-tailed Kite
Elanus leucurus
Coastal Flatwoods 0.1
Mississippi Kite
Ictinia mississippiensis
Coastal Flatwoods 0.2
Upper Coastal Plain 0.3
Mississippi Alluvial Plain 4.0
Coastal Prairies 0.2
Cooper's Hawk
Accipiter cooperii
Mississippi Alluvial Plain 0.03
Coastal Prairies 0.08
Red-shouldered Hawk
Buteo lineatus
Coastal Flatwoods 3.3
Upper Coastal Plain 1.8
Mississippi Alluvial Plain 3.3
Coastal Prairies 1.1
Broad-winged Hawk
Buteo platypterus
Coastal Flatwoods 0.5
Upper Coastal Plain 0.3
Mississippi Alluvial Plain 0.2
Coastal Prairies 0.07
Red-tailed Hawk
Buteo jamaicensis
Coastal Flatwoods 0.2
Upper Coastal Plain 0.2
Mississippi Alluvial Plain 0.3
Coastal Prairies 0.04
Crested Caracara
Caracara plancus
Upper Coastal Plain 0.01
American Kestrel
Falco sparverius
Coastal Flatwoods 0.04
Upper Coastal Plain 0.1
Mississippi Alluvial Plain 0.02
Wild Turkey
Meleagris gallopavo
Coastal Flatwoods 0.1
Upper Coastal Plain 0.05
Mississippi Alluvial Plain 0.1
Northern Bobwhite
Colinus virginianus
Coastal Flatwoods 9.9
Upper Coastal Plain 6.9
Mississippi Alluvial Plain 3.0
Coastal Prairies 14.9
Clapper Rail
Rallus longirostris
Coastal Prairies 1.2
King Rail
Rallus elegans
Mississippi Alluvial Plain 0.01
Coastal Prairies 2.8
Purple Gallinule
Porphyrula martinica
Coastal Prairies 0.5
Common Moorhen
Gallinula chloropus
Coastal Flatwoods 0.04
Mississippi Alluvial Plain 0.09
Coastal Prairies 10.3
American Coot
Fulica americana
Coastal Prairies 0.06
Killdeer
Charadrius vociferus
Coastal Flatwoods 1.5
Upper Coastal Plain 2.5
Mississippi Alluvial Plain 6.3
Coastal Prairies 11.7
Black-necked Stilt
Himantopus mexicanus
Mississippi Alluvial Plain 0.05
Coastal Prairies 8.1
Willet
Catoptrophorus semipalmatus
Coastal Prairies 2.8
American Woodcock
Scolopax minor
Coastal Prairies 0.2
Laughing Gull
Larus atricilla
Mississippi Alluvial Plain 0.3
Coastal Prairies 27.2
Ring-billed Gull
Larus delawarensis
Coastal Prairies 0.02
Gull-billed Tern
Sterna nilotica
Coastal Prairies 0.03
Caspian Tern
Sterna caspia
Mississippi Alluvial Plain 0.01
Royal Tern
Sterna maxima
Mississippi Alluvial Plain 0.04
Coastal Prairies 0.5
Common Tern
Sterna hirundo
Coastal Prairies 0.1
Forster's Tern
Sterna forsteri
Mississippi Alluvial Plain 0.1
Coastal Prairies 7.6
Least Tern
Sterna antillarum
Upper Coastal Plain 0.01
Mississippi Alluvial Plain 0.1
Coastal Prairies 3.1
Black Skimmer
Rhynchops niger
Coastal Prairies 0.3
Rock Dove
Columba livia
Coastal Flatwoods 0.9
Upper Coastal Plain 2.8
Mississippi Alluvial Plain 4.7
Coastal Prairies 5.5
Mourning Dove
Zenaida macroura
Coastal Flatwoods 8.5
Upper Coastal Plain 12.6
Mississippi Alluvial Plain 29.1
Coastal Prairies 16.8
Inca Dove
Columbina inca
Coastal Prairies 0.06
Common Ground-dove
Columbina passerina
Mississippi Alluvial Plain 0.04
Coastal Prairies 0.09
Yellow-billed Cuckoo
Coccyzus americanus
Coastal Flatwoods 4.8
Upper Coastal Plain 9.5
Mississippi Alluvial Plain 10.4
Coastal Prairies 5.2
Greater Roadrunner
Geococcyx californianus
Coastal Flatwoods 0.2
Upper Coastal Plain 0.1
Eastern Screech-owl
Otus asio
Coastal Flatwoods 0.2
Upper Coastal Plain 0.09
Mississippi Alluvial Plain 0.02
Great Horned Owl
Bubo virginianus
Coastal Flatwoods 0.03
Upper Coastal Plain 0.04
Mississippi Alluvial Plain 0.05
Coastal Prairies 0.05
Barred Owl
Strix varia
Coastal Flatwoods 0.3
Upper Coastal Plain 0.3
Mississippi Alluvial Plain 2.3
Coastal Prairies 0.2
Common Nighthawk
Chordeiles minor
Coastal Flatwoods 1.7
Upper Coastal Plain 0.2
Mississippi Alluvial Plain 0.7
Coastal Prairies 2.1
Chuck-will's-widow
Caprimulgus carolinensis
Coastal Flatwoods 0.4
Upper Coastal Plain 1.3
Mississippi Alluvial Plain 0.02
Coastal Prairies 0.01
Chimney Swift
Chaetura pelagica
Coastal Flatwoods 13.4
Upper Coastal Plain 12.1
Mississippi Alluvial Plain 13.8
Coastal Prairies 6.7
Ruby-thr. Hummingbird
Archilochus colubris
Coastal Flatwoods 0.3
Upper Coastal Plain 1.0
Mississippi Alluvial Plain 1.0
Coastal Prairies 0.2
Belted Kingfisher
Ceryle alcyon
Coastal Flatwoods 0.3
Upper Coastal Plain 0.4
Mississippi Alluvial Plain 0.1
Coastal Prairies 0.05
Red-headed Woodpecker
Melanerpes erythrocephalus
Coastal Flatwoods 4.6
Upper Coastal Plain 1.8
Mississippi Alluvial Plain 0.8
Coastal Prairies 0.2
Red-bellied Woodpecker
Melanerpes carolinus
Coastal Flatwoods 13.9
Upper Coastal Plain 11.6
Mississippi Alluvial Plain 13.1
Coastal Prairies 2.2
Downy Woodpecker
Picoides pubescens
Coastal Flatwoods 3.8
Upper Coastal Plain 3.2
Mississippi Alluvial Plain 6.6
Coastal Prairies 2.2
Hairy Woodpecker
Picoides villosus
Coastal Flatwoods 0.6
Upper Coastal Plain 0.5
Mississippi Alluvial Plain 0.5
Coastal Prairies 0.3
Red-cockaded Woodpecker
Picoides borealis
Coastal Flatwoods 0.06
Upper Coastal Plain 0.04
Yellow-shafted Flicker
Colaptes auratus
Coastal Flatwoods 1.0
Upper Coastal Plain 0.9
Mississippi Alluvial Plain 0.3
Coastal Prairies 0.5
Pileated Woodpecker
Dryocopus pileatus
Coastal Flatwoods 3.0
Upper Coastal Plain 2.8
Mississippi Alluvial Plain 2.2
Coastal Prairies 0.2
Eastern Wood-pewee
Contopus virens
Coastal Flatwoods 2.6
Upper Coastal Plain 4.9
Mississippi Alluvial Plain 0.6
Coastal Prairies 0.04
Acadian Flycatcher
Empidonax virescens
Coastal Flatwoods 2.3
Upper Coastal Plain 2.7
Mississippi Alluvial Plain 4.1
Coastal Prairies 0.09
Eastern Phoebe
Sayornis phoebe
Upper Coastal Plain 0.2
Mississippi Alluvial Plain 0.00
Grt. Crested Flycatcher
Myiarchus crinitus
Coastal Flatwoods 6.5
Upper Coastal Plain 4.0
Mississippi Alluvial Plain 3.3
Coastal Prairies 1.1
Eastern Kingbird
Tyrannus tyrannus
Coastal Flatwoods 6.1
Upper Coastal Plain 5.9
Mississippi Alluvial Plain 1.9
Coastal Prairies 10.5
Scissor-tail Flycatcher
Tyrannus forficatus
Coastal Flatwoods 0.2
Upper Coastal Plain 1.4
Coastal Prairies 0.05
Horned Lark
Eremophila alpestris
Upper Coastal Plain 0.01
Mississippi Alluvial Plain 1.9
Purple Martin
Progne subis
Coastal Flatwoods 22.4
Upper Coastal Plain 28.4
Mississippi Alluvial Plain 44.0
Coastal Prairies 26.9
Tree Swallow
Tachycineta bicolor
Mississippi Alluvial Plain 0.01
N. Rough-winged Swallow
Stelgidopteryx serripennis
Coastal Flatwoods 0.5
Upper Coastal Plain 0.5
Mississippi Alluvial Plain 0.6
Coastal Prairies 2.8
Cliff Swallow
Hirundo pyrrhonota
Upper Coastal Plain 0.6
Mississippi Alluvial Plain 0.02
Barn Swallow
Hirundo rustica
Coastal Flatwoods 10.5
Upper Coastal Plain 17.4
Mississippi Alluvial Plain 7.6
Coastal Prairies 10.9
Blue Jay
Cyanocitta cristata
Coastal Flatwoods 22.6
Upper Coastal Plain 22.9
Mississippi Alluvial Plain 17.3
Coastal Prairies 26.4
American Crow
Corvus brachyrhynchos
Coastal Flatwoods 36.6
Upper Coastal Plain 51.0
Mississippi Alluvial Plain 38.8
Coastal Prairies 9.8
Fish Crow
Corvus ossifragus
Coastal Flatwoods 6.3
Upper Coastal Plain 3.1
Mississippi Alluvial Plain 4.7
Coastal Prairies 6.2
Carolina Chickadee
Parus carolinensis
Coastal Flatwoods 11.0
Upper Coastal Plain 13.4
Mississippi Alluvial Plain 17.3
Coastal Prairies 7.8
Tufted Titmouse
Parus bicolor
Coastal Flatwoods 13.6
Upper Coastal Plain 12.0
Mississippi Alluvial Plain 9.9
Coastal Prairies 1.3
White-breasted Nuthatch
Sitta carolinensis
Coastal Flatwoods 0.07
Upper Coastal Plain 0.01
Mississippi Alluvial Plain 0.01
Brown-headed Nuthatch
Sitta pusilla
Coastal Flatwoods 5.5
Upper Coastal Plain 2.8
Mississippi Alluvial Plain 0.04
Carolina Wren
Thryothorus ludovicianus
Coastal Flatwoods 26.3
Upper Coastal Plain 28.6
Mississippi Alluvial Plain 36.6
Coastal Prairies 9.5
House Wren
Troglodytes aedon
Upper Coastal Plain 0.00
Marsh Wren
Cistothorus palustris
Coastal Prairies 2.8
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
Polioptila caerulea
Coastal Flatwoods 1.4
Upper Coastal Plain 6.6
Mississippi Alluvial Plain 3.5
Coastal Prairies 0.07
Eastern Bluebird
Sialia sialis
Coastal Flatwoods 6.0
Upper Coastal Plain 6.5
Mississippi Alluvial Plain 0.7
Wood Thrush
Hylocichla mustelina
Coastal Flatwoods 5.7
Upper Coastal Plain 6.3
Mississippi Alluvial Plain 2.1
Coastal Prairies 0.2
American Robin
Turdus migratorius
Coastal Flatwoods 0.5
Upper Coastal Plain 1.6
Mississippi Alluvial Plain 0.9
Gray Catbird
Dumetella carolinensis
Coastal Flatwoods 0.2
Upper Coastal Plain 0.1
Mississippi Alluvial Plain 0.04
Coastal Prairies 0.09
Northern Mockingbird
Mimus polyglottos
Coastal Flatwoods 20.3
Upper Coastal Plain 32.6
Mississippi Alluvial Plain 42.1
Coastal Prairies 48.9
Brown Thrasher
Toxostoma rufum
Coastal Flatwoods 4.3
Upper Coastal Plain 2.8
Mississippi Alluvial Plain 2.6
Coastal Prairies 1.8
Loggerhead Shrike
Lanius ludovicianus
Coastal Flatwoods 0.6
Upper Coastal Plain 1.1
Mississippi Alluvial Plain 5.3
Coastal Prairies 15.2
European Starling
Sturnus vulgaris
Coastal Flatwoods 6.4
Upper Coastal Plain 9.4
Mississippi Alluvial Plain 50.6
Coastal Prairies 43.6
White-eyed Vireo
Vireo griseus
Coastal Flatwoods 18.5
Upper Coastal Plain 17.5
Mississippi Alluvial Plain 22.5
Coastal Prairies 1.7
Yellow-throated Vireo
Vireo flavifrons
Coastal Flatwoods 3.9
Upper Coastal Plain 2.0
Mississippi Alluvial Plain 1.0
Coastal Prairies 0.08
Warbling Vireo
Vireo gilvus
Coastal Flatwoods 0.05
Upper Coastal Plain 0.00
Mississippi Alluvial Plain 0.00
Red-eyed Vireo
Vireo olivaceus
Coastal Flatwoods 3.1
Upper Coastal Plain 8.2
Mississippi Alluvial Plain 6.1
Coastal Prairies 0.2
Northern Parula
Parula americana
Coastal Flatwoods 2.6
Upper Coastal Plain 1.4
Mississippi Alluvial Plain 6.9
Coastal Prairies 0.3
Yellow-throated Warbler
Dendroica dominica
Coastal Flatwoods 0.3
Upper Coastal Plain 0.3
Mississippi Alluvial Plain 0.5
Coastal Prairies 0.02
Pine Warbler
Dendroica pinus
Coastal Flatwoods 16.9
Upper Coastal Plain 15.9
Mississippi Alluvial Plain 0.6
Coastal Prairies 0.01
Prairie Warbler
Dendroica discolor
Coastal Flatwoods 1.4
Upper Coastal Plain 1.2
Mississippi Alluvial Plain 0.04
Black-&-white Warbler
Mniotilta varia
Upper Coastal Plain 1.7
Mississippi Alluvial Plain 0.03
American Redstart
Setophaga ruticilla
Coastal Flatwoods 0.04
Upper Coastal Plain 0.01
Mississippi Alluvial Plain 2.1
Prothonotary Warbler
Protonotaria citrea
Coastal Flatwoods 0.8
Upper Coastal Plain 1.1
Mississippi Alluvial Plain 15.6
Coastal Prairies 2.2
Worm-eating Warbler
Helmitheros vermivorus
Coastal Flatwoods 0.1
Upper Coastal Plain 0.1
Mississippi Alluvial Plain 0.2
Swainson's Warbler
Limnothlypis swainsonii
Coastal Flatwoods 0.6
Upper Coastal Plain 0.3
Mississippi Alluvial Plain 0.5
Coastal Prairies 0.01
Louisiana Waterthrush
Seiurus motacilla
Coastal Flatwoods 0.03
Upper Coastal Plain 0.1
Mississippi Alluvial Plain 0.02
Kentucky Warbler
Oporornis formosus
Coastal Flatwoods 2.9
Upper Coastal Plain 3.6
Mississippi Alluvial Plain 2.4
Coastal Prairies 0.06
Common Yellowthroat
Geothlypis trichas
Coastal Flatwoods 10.6
Upper Coastal Plain 5.2
Mississippi Alluvial Plain 11.1
Coastal Prairies 11.5
Hooded Warbler
Wilsonia citrina
Coastal Flatwoods 6.8
Upper Coastal Plain 5.6
Mississippi Alluvial Plain 2.3
Coastal Prairies 0.05
Yellow-breasted Chat
Icteria virens
Coastal Flatwoods 14.7
Upper Coastal Plain 22.2
Mississippi Alluvial Plain 14.4
Coastal Prairies 1.1
Summer Tanager
Piranga rubra
Coastal Flatwoods 5.4
Upper Coastal Plain 7.8
Mississippi Alluvial Plain 4.1
Coastal Prairies 0.3
Northern Cardinal
Cardinalis cardinalis
Coastal Flatwoods 51.8
Upper Coastal Plain 67.5
Mississippi Alluvial Plain 71.0
Coastal Prairies 50.3
Blue Grosbeak
Guiraca caerulea
Coastal Flatwoods 3.8
Upper Coastal Plain 4.1
Mississippi Alluvial Plain 1.0
Coastal Prairies 0.2
Indigo Bunting
Passerina cyanea
Coastal Flatwoods 4.2
Upper Coastal Plain 17.9
Mississippi Alluvial Plain 15.5
Coastal Prairies 1.3
Painted Bunting
Passerina ciris
Coastal Flatwoods 2.8
Upper Coastal Plain 3.1
Mississippi Alluvial Plain 8.2
Coastal Prairies 3.8
Dickcissel
Spiza americana
Coastal Flatwoods 0.4
Upper Coastal Plain 3.2
Mississippi Alluvial Plain 5.3
Coastal Prairies 5.5
Eastern Towhee
Pipilo erythrophthalmus
Coastal Flatwoods 11.3
Upper Coastal Plain 5.8
Mississippi Alluvial Plain 5.3
Coastal Prairies 1.5
Bachman's Sparrow
Aimophila aestivalis
Coastal Flatwoods 3.0
Upper Coastal Plain 0.6
Mississippi Alluvial Plain 0.05
Chipping Sparrow
Spizella passerina
Coastal Flatwoods 0.6
Upper Coastal Plain 1.9
Mississippi Alluvial Plain 0.2
Field Sparrow
Spizella pusilla
Coastal Flatwoods 0.7
Upper Coastal Plain 0.8
Mississippi Alluvial Plain 0.1
Lark Sparrow
Chondestes grammacus
Coastal Flatwoods 0.2
Upper Coastal Plain 0.2
Seaside Sparrow
Ammodramus maritimus
Coastal Prairies 0.2
Red-winged Blackbird
Agelaius phoeniceus
Coastal Flatwoods 5.9
Upper Coastal Plain 13.0
Mississippi Alluvial Plain 69.7
Coastal Prairies 207.2
Eastern Meadowlark
Sturnella magna
Coastal Flatwoods 8.6
Upper Coastal Plain 13.9
Mississippi Alluvial Plain 13.8
Coastal Prairies 48.1
Great-tailed Grackle
Quiscalus mexicanus
Coastal Prairies 9.6
Boat-tailed Grackle
Quiscalus major
Coastal Flatwoods 0.3
Mississippi Alluvial Plain 2.4
Coastal Prairies 87.4
Common Grackle
Quiscalus quiscula
Coastal Flatwoods 19.7
Upper Coastal Plain 11.6
Mississippi Alluvial Plain 93.7
Coastal Prairies 50.0
Bronzed Cowbird
Molothrus aeneus
Mississippi Alluvial Plain 0.1
Brown-headed Cowbird
Molothrus ater
Coastal Flatwoods 6.9
Upper Coastal Plain 11.5
Mississippi Alluvial Plain 22.5
Coastal Prairies 10.6
Orchard Oriole
Icterus spurius
Coastal Flatwoods 7.3
Upper Coastal Plain 6.0
Mississippi Alluvial Plain 13.4
Coastal Prairies 13.6
Baltimore Oriole
Icterus galbula
Coastal Flatwoods 0.07
Upper Coastal Plain 0.3
Mississippi Alluvial Plain 0.5
Coastal Prairies 0.01
House Finch
Carpodacus mexicanus
Mississippi Alluvial Plain 0.3
Coastal Prairies 0.02
House Sparrow
Passer domesticus
Coastal Flatwoods 9.2
Upper Coastal Plain 8.4
Mississippi Alluvial Plain 27.6
Coastal Prairies 43.8