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These shrub-nesting insectivores and granivores are uncommon but regular in the Pine Region of Louisiana. Although Field Sparrows favor a very different habitat (young pine plantations and long abandoned fields), their overall distribution is similar to that of Scissor-tailed Flycatchers, except that the flycatchers do not breed east of the Mississippi River.
painting by Louis Agassiz Fuertes 1914
immature (left) and male or female (right)
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As with Pine Warblers and Brown-headed Nuthatches, these branch-nesting insectivores and granivores breed throughout the Pine Region, although they are less common than those two species. Historically, Chipping Sparrows favored open and grassy pine forests, but now they are more frequently seen around cemeteries and yards in the Pine Region. The Chipping Sparrow is a frequent host of cowbirds.
painting by Louis Agassiz Fuertes 1914
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(Formerly Rufous-sided Towhee) These urban-tolerant, shrub-nesting insectivores and frugivores (adults are partly granivorous) breed commonly in pine and broad-leaved thickets all across the eastern two-thirds of the state down into the Coastal Marsh Region. Their numbers thin out to the west, and they avoid the Prairie/Rice Field Region. This species is a frequent cowbird host.
painting by Louis Agassiz Fuertes 1914
male (upper) and female (lower)