Breeding.<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0 Primary nesting habitat was swamp forest, especially with canebrakes of the bamboo Arundinaria gigantea<\/em>, in the bottomlands of the Mississippi River Valley from southern Illinois to Louisiana, on the coastal plains from eastern Texas and eastern Virginia to northern Florida; and in pockets of low-lying land elsewhere, including eastern Oklahoma.<\/p>

Nonbreeding.<\/em><\/strong> \u00a0Wintered all across Cuba, with isolated records from the Isle of Youth, Florida, and Georgia\u2019s Okefenokee Swamp.\u00a0 On its wintering grounds it occupied various habitats, including dry forest, wetlands, and settled areas with flowering trees.<\/p>

Movements.<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0 Migration evidently funneled through Florida, and was early in both directions, northbound mostly during March and southbound mostly during August.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t