Birds in Louisiana
Explore 161 species found in this region.
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Broad-winged Hawk
Buteo platypterusLC
Mar–Nov

Buff-breasted Sandpiper
Calidris subruficollisVU
Aug–Sep

Canada Goose
Branta canadensisLC
Year-round

Cape May Warbler
Setophaga tigrinaLC
Apr

Cattle Egret
Bubulcus ibisLC
Year-round

Cedar Waxwing
Bombycilla cedrorumLC
Nov–May

Chestnut-sided Warbler
Setophaga pensylvanicaLC
Apr–Oct

Chipping Sparrow
Spizella passerinaLC
Year-round
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Clay-colored Sparrow
Spizella pallidaLC
Oct

Common Grackle
Quiscalus quisculaNT
Year-round

Common Loon
Gavia immerLC
Nov–Apr

Common Starling
Sturnus vulgarisLC
Year-round

Common Tern
Sterna hirundoLC
Apr–Sep

Common Yellowthroat
Geothlypis trichasLC
Year-round

Dickcissel
Spiza americanaLC
Apr–Oct

Downy Woodpecker
Dryobates pubescensLC
Year-round

Dunlin
Calidris alpinaLC
Oct–May

Eastern Bluebird
Sialia sialisLC
Year-round

Eastern Screech-owl
Megascops asioLC
Year-round

Eurasian Collared Dove
Streptopelia decaoctoLC
Year-round

Fish Crow
Corvus ossifragusLC
Year-round

Forster's Tern
Sterna forsteriLC
Year-round

Fox Sparrow
Passerella iliacaLC
Dec–Feb