Seasonal Presence and Relative Frequency of Selected Species
This list summarizes the seasonal presence of selected bird species in Louisiana, indicating whether each species occurs year-round, during the breeding season, or during the non-breeding season (winter and migration). Within each seasonal category, species are numbered and ordered from least to most frequently observed in the United States based on eBird frequency data. This ordering reflects how commonly a species has been observed by U.S. birders over time and is used here as a relative priority indicator, not as a measure of local abundance or the likelihood of encountering a species at a specific site or season within Louisiana.
Brown Booby
Whooping Crane
Red-cockaded Woodpecker
Bachman’s Sparrow
King Rail
Gull-billed Tern
Seaside Sparrow
Bronzed Cowbird
Snowy Plover
Reddish Egret
Northern Gannet
Limpkin
Clapper Rail
White-tailed Kite
Crested Caracara
Inca Dove
Northern Bobwhite
Long-billed Curlew
Black Skimmer
American Oystercatcher
Greater Roadrunner
Roseate Spoonbill
Yellow-crowned Night Heron
Mottled Duck
Neotropic Cormorant
Black-bellied Whistling-Duck
Yellow-throated Warbler
Royal Tern
Brown-headed Nuthatch
Anhinga
Tricolored Heron
Little Blue Heron
White Ibis
Indigo Bunting
Swainson’s Warbler
Fulvous Whistling-Duck
Cave Swallow
Chuck-will’s-widow
Magnificent Frigatebird
Purple Gallinule
Swallow-tailed Kite
Kentucky Warbler
Sandwich Tern
Worm-eating Warbler
Bell’s Vireo
Mississippi Kite
Louisiana Waterthrush
Prothonotary Warbler
Least Tern
Scissor-tailed Flycatcher
Dickcissel
Painted Bunting
Hooded Warbler
Prairie Warbler
Orchard Oriole
Summer Tanager
Baltimore Oriole
Sargasso Shearwater
Yellow Rail
Black-whiskered Vireo
Groove-billed Ani
LeConte’s Sparrow
Buff-breasted Sandpiper
Nelson’s Sparrow
Hudsonian Godwit
Henslow’s Sparrow
Buff-bellied Hummingbird
Wilson’s Plover
American Golden-Plover
Red Knot
Ross’s Goose
Couch’s Kingbird
Stilt Sandpiper
Piping Plover
American Woodcock
Sedge Wren
Lesser Black-backed Gull
Black Scoter
Hudsonian Whimbrel
Greater White-fronted Goose
Marbled Godwit
Vermilion Flycatcher
Ash-throated Flycatcher
Eared Grebe
Ruddy Turnstone
Snow Goose
Surf Scoter
Sanderling
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