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Hermit Thrush

Catharus guttatus

A winter visitor to Alabama, found in all 67 counties and 11 habitats.

Here
Winter
Nesting
Not known to nest here
Range
All 67 counties
Habitats
11

At a glance

Group
Birds
Here
Winter
Nesting
Not known to nest here
Range
All 67 counties
Habitats
11
Habitat models
Summer, Winter

Where it lives

The places its habitat model includes. It is not found everywhere a habitat occurs.

Habitats in Alabama 11

Each habitat page lists the plants and wildlife also found there.

1 of 11

Coastal Plain hammocks

In the Jungle, Florida
WinterSouthern Coastal Plain Hydric HammockWinslow Homer, In the Jungle, Florida (1904): cabbage palms, saw palmetto and fallen trunks in a dense, shady hammock, with a wildcat in the branches. Regional view: the painting does not name the exact site. Shown: Florida (Winslow Homer, In the Jungle, Florida, 1904), a neighboring state.In the Jungle, Florida, Winslow Homer, 1904. Public domain. Source record.

Pine flatwoods

Georgia Pines
WinterEast Gulf Coastal Plain Near-Coast Pine Flatwoods - Open Understory Modifier; East Gulf Coastal Plain Near-Coast Pine Flatwoods - Scrub/Shrub Understory Modifier; East Gulf Coastal Plain Near-Coast Pine FlatwoodsGeorge Inness, Georgia Pines (1890): tall, straight pines over an open, grassy floor in a south Georgia pine woods. Regional view: the painting does not name the exact site. Shown: Georgia pine woods (George Inness, 1890; site not named), a neighboring state.Georgia Pines, George Inness (1825-1894), 1890. Public domain. Source record.

Streams, rivers and their banks

Blue Spring, Florida
WinterCentral Interior and Appalachian Riparian Systems; South-Central Interior Small Stream and RiparianWinslow Homer, Blue Spring, Florida (1890): clear blue spring water under overhanging palms. Shown: Blue Spring, Florida (Winslow Homer, 1890; National Gallery of Art), a neighboring state.Blue Spring, Florida, Winslow Homer, 1890. Public domain. Source record.

Swamps

Florida, Sunset on the Ocklawaha
WinterSouthern Coastal Plain Nonriverine Basin Swamp - Okefenokee Taxodium Modifier; Southern Coastal Plain Nonriverine Basin Swamp - Okefenokee Bay/Gum Modifier; Southern Coastal Plain Seepage Swamp and Baygall; Central Interior and Appalachian Swamp Systems; Gulf and Atlantic Coastal Plain Swamp Systems; Southern Coastal Plain Nonriverine Basin Swamp; Southern Coastal Plain Nonriverine Cypress Dome; Southern Piedmont/Ridge and Valley Upland Depression SwampFlorida, Sunset on the Ocklawaha (1899): a dark swamp-lined river at sunset, with cypress and hardwoods crowding both banks. Shown: Ocklawaha River, Florida, a neighboring state.Florida, Sunset on the Ocklawaha, Detroit Photographic Co. (chromolithograph), 1899. Public domain. Source record.

Disturbed and introduced wetlands

Wet ground taken over by weedy or introduced plants after disturbance, such as common reed, Chinese tallow or tamarisk stands; the upland counterpart is roadsides, fields and disturbed ground.

SummerWinter

Dry forests and woodlands

Forests and open woodlands on dry ridges and slopes, often oak or pine.

SummerSouthern Ridge and Valley Dry Calcareous Forest

Floodplain and bottomland forests

Forests on low ground beside rivers and streams that flood from time to time.

WinterEast Gulf Coastal Plain Large River Floodplain Forest - Forest Modifier; South-Central Interior Large Floodplain - Forest Modifier; Southern Piedmont Large Floodplain Forest - Forest Modifier; Central Interior and Appalachian Floodplain Systems; Central Interior and Appalachian Riparian Systems; Southern Piedmont Small Floodplain and Riparian Forest; South-Central Interior Small Stream and Riparian; East Gulf Coastal Plain Small Stream and River Floodplain Forest; Southern Coastal Plain Blackwater River Floodplain Forest

Hardwood and oak flatwoods

Flat, poorly drained uplands and terraces with oaks, sweetgum and sometimes loblolly pine, wet in winter and dry in summer, but neither a floodplain nor a swamp.

WinterEast Gulf Coastal Plain Jackson Plain Dry Flatwoods - Open Understory Modifier; East Gulf Coastal Plain Southern Loblolly-Hardwood Flatwoods; South-Central Interior / Upper Coastal Plain Wet Flatwoods

Maritime forests and thickets

Salt-pruned forests and shrub thickets behind coastal dunes.

WinterEast Gulf Coastal Plain Maritime Forest

Moist forests

Forests on moist but not wet ground, such as rich slopes and ravines.

WinterSouthern Piedmont Mesic Forest; East Gulf Coastal Plain Northern Mesic Hardwood Forest; East Gulf Coastal Plain Southern Mesic Slope Forest; South-Central Interior Mesophytic Forest

Tree plantations and managed pine

Planted or intensively managed stands of pine or hardwoods grown for timber; a land use rather than a natural community.

SummerWinterDeciduous Plantation; Evergreen Plantation or Managed Pine; Managed Tree Plantation
Other habitats in its models (96)

Land cover, or classes with no habitat page in Alabama. Those recorded in Alabama first, the rest by region.

Elsewhere in the South (54)
  • Atlantic Coastal Plain Brownwater Stream Floodplain Forest Winter.
  • Atlantic Coastal Plain Central Maritime Forest Winter.
  • Atlantic Coastal Plain Dry and Dry-Mesic Oak Forest Summer.
  • Atlantic Coastal Plain Mesic Hardwood and Mixed Forest Summer and winter.
  • Atlantic Coastal Plain Peatland Pocosin Winter.
  • Atlantic Coastal Plain Small Blackwater River Floodplain Forest Winter.
  • Atlantic Coastal Plain Small Brownwater River Floodplain Forest Winter.
  • Atlantic Coastal Plain Southern Maritime Forest Winter.
  • Atlantic Coastal Plain Southern Wet Pine Savanna and Flatwoods Winter.
  • Atlantic Coastal Plain Upland Longleaf Pine Woodland Summer.
  • Central and Southern Appalachian Montane Oak Forest Summer and winter.
  • Central and Southern Appalachian Northern Hardwood Forest Summer and winter.
  • Central and Southern Appalachian Spruce-Fir Forest Summer and winter.
  • Central Atlantic Coastal Plain Wet Longleaf Pine Savanna and Flatwoods Winter.
  • Central Florida Pine Flatwoods Winter.
  • East Gulf Coastal Plain Northern Loess Bluff Forest Winter.
  • East Gulf Coastal Plain Southern Loess Bluff Forest Winter.
  • East-Central Texas Plains Floodplain Forest Winter.
  • East-Central Texas Plains Pine Forest and Woodland Winter.
  • East-Central Texas Plains Post Oak Savanna and Woodland Winter.
  • East-Central Texas Plains Riparian Forest Winter.
  • Lower Mississippi River Flatwoods Winter.
  • Mississippi Delta Maritime Forest Winter.
  • Mississippi River Alluvial Plain Dry-Mesic Loess Slope Forest Winter.
  • Mississippi River Bottomland Depression Winter.
  • Mississippi River Low Floodplain (Bottomland) Forest Winter.
  • Mississippi River Riparian Forest Winter.
  • Ouachita Montane Oak Forest Winter.
  • Ozark-Ouachita Dry Oak Woodland Winter.
  • Ozark-Ouachita Dry-Mesic Oak Forest Winter.
  • Ozark-Ouachita Mesic Hardwood Forest Winter.
  • Ozark-Ouachita Riparian Winter.
  • Ozark-Ouachita Shortleaf Pine-Bluestem Woodland Winter.
  • Ozark-Ouachita Shortleaf Pine-Oak Forest and Woodland Winter.
  • Red River Large Floodplain Forest Winter.
  • South Florida Cypress Dome Winter.
  • South Florida Hardwood Hammock Winter.
  • South Florida Pine Flatwoods Winter.
  • Southern and Central Appalachian Cove Forest Winter.
  • Southern and Central Appalachian Oak Forest Summer.
  • Southern Appalachian Montane Pine Forest and Woodland Winter.
  • Southern Appalachian Northern Hardwood Forest Summer and winter.
  • Southern Crowley's Ridge Mesic Loess Slope Forest Winter.
  • West Gulf Coastal Plain Catahoula Barrens Winter.
  • West Gulf Coastal Plain Large River Floodplain Forest Winter.
  • West Gulf Coastal Plain Mesic Hardwood Forest Winter.
  • West Gulf Coastal Plain Near-Coast Large River Swamp Winter.
  • West Gulf Coastal Plain Nonriverine Wet Hardwood Flatwoods Winter.
  • West Gulf Coastal Plain Pine-Hardwood Flatwoods Winter.
  • West Gulf Coastal Plain Pine-Hardwood Forest Winter.
  • West Gulf Coastal Plain Sandhill Oak and Shortleaf Pine Forest and Woodland Winter.
  • West Gulf Coastal Plain Seepage Swamp and Baygall Winter.
  • West Gulf Coastal Plain Upland Longleaf Pine Forest and Woodland Winter.
  • West Gulf Coastal Plain Wet Longleaf Pine Savanna and Flatwoods Winter.
Northeast (14)
  • Acadian Low-Elevation Spruce-Fir-Hardwood Forest Summer.
  • Acadian-Appalachian Montane Spruce-Fir Forest Summer.
  • Appalachian Hemlock-Hardwood Forest Summer and winter.
  • Atlantic Coastal Plain Northern Maritime Forest Winter.
  • Central Appalachian Alkaline Glade and Woodland Summer.
  • Central Appalachian Oak and Pine Forest Summer.
  • Central Appalachian Pine-Oak Rocky Woodland Summer.
  • Eastern Boreal Floodplain Summer.
  • Laurentian-Acadian Northern Hardwoods Forest Summer.
  • Laurentian-Acadian Northern Pine-(Oak) Forest Summer.
  • Laurentian-Acadian Pine-Hemlock-Hardwood Forest Summer.
  • North-Central Interior Wet Flatwoods Summer.
  • Northeastern Interior Dry-Mesic Oak Forest Summer.
  • Northeastern Interior Pine Barrens Summer.
Midwest (4)
  • Boreal Aspen-Birch Forest Summer.
  • Laurentian Jack Pine-Red Pine Forest Summer.
  • North-Central Interior Beech-Maple Forest Summer.
  • North-Central Interior Maple-Basswood Forest Summer.
West (4)
  • North American Warm Desert Lower Montane Riparian Woodland and Shrubland Winter.
  • North American Warm Desert Riparian Mesquite Bosque Winter.
  • North American Warm Desert Riparian Woodland and Shrubland Winter.
  • North American Warm Desert Wash Winter.
Land cover and other classes (20)
  • Atlantic Coastal Plain Blackwater Stream Floodplain Forest - Forest Modifier Winter.
  • Atlantic Coastal Plain Clay-Based Carolina Bay Forested Wetland Winter.
  • Atlantic Coastal Plain Nonriverine Swamp and Wet Hardwood Forest - Oak Dominated Modifier Winter.
  • Atlantic Coastal Plain Nonriverine Swamp and Wet Hardwood Forest - Taxodium/Nyssa Modifier Winter.
  • Atlantic Coastal Plain Streamhead Seepage Swamp - Pocosin - and Baygall Winter.
  • Boreal Jack Pine-Black Spruce Forest Summer.
  • Boreal White Spruce-Fir-Hardwood Forest Summer.
  • Central Appalachian Floodplain - Forest Modifier Winter.
  • Central Appalachian Riparian - Forest Modifier Winter.
  • East Gulf Coastal Plain Near-Coast Pine Flatwoods - Offsite Hardwood Modifier Winter.
  • Laurentian-Acadian Floodplain Systems Summer.
  • Lower Mississippi River Bottomland Depressions - Forest Modifier Winter.
  • Mississippi River Floodplain and Riparian Forest Winter.
  • North American Warm Desert Riparian Systems Winter.
  • Northeastern Interior Dry Oak Forest - Mixed Modifier Summer.
  • Northeastern Interior Dry Oak Forest - Virginia/Pitch Pine Modifier Summer.
  • Northeastern Interior Dry Oak Forest-Hardwood Modifier Summer.
  • Southern and Central Appalachian Oak Forest - Xeric Summer.
  • Southern Coastal Plain Nonriverine Basin Swamp - Okefenokee Clethra Modifier Winter.
  • Southern Coastal Plain Nonriverine Basin Swamp - Okefenokee Pine Modifier Winter.

All habitats

Seasons in Alabama

  • Winter: does not nest here, in all 67 counties.

Food plants

Diet records by plant genus, from studies across North America. Not a record from this state. Plants matched by genus.

Native plants in these genera 204

Plant genera in its diet records (46)
  • Ilex Fruit and seeds. 4 diet records. 12 native plants in Alabama
  • Rhus Fruit and seeds. 4 diet records. 4 native plants in Alabama
  • Smilax Fruit and seeds. 3 diet records. 14 native plants in Alabama
  • Celtis Fruit and seeds. 2 diet records. 3 native plants in Alabama
  • Cornus Fruit and seeds. 2 diet records. 4 native plants in Alabama
  • Maianthemum Fruit and seeds. 2 diet records. 1 native plant in Alabama
  • Morella Fruit and seeds. 2 diet records. 4 native plants in Alabama
  • Sambucus Fruit and seeds. 2 diet records. 1 native plant in Alabama
  • Solanum Fruit and seeds. 2 diet records. 6 native plants in Alabama
  • Toxicodendron Fruit and seeds. 2 diet records. 3 native plants in Alabama
  • Viburnum Fruit and seeds. 2 diet records. 12 native plants in Alabama
  • Vitis Fruit and seeds. 2 diet records. 10 native plants in Alabama
  • Acalypha Fruit and seeds. 1 diet record. 5 native plants in Alabama
  • Amelanchier Fruit and seeds. 1 diet record. 4 native plants in Alabama
  • Aralia Fruit and seeds. 1 diet record. 2 native plants in Alabama
  • Aronia Fruit and seeds. 1 diet record. 2 native plants in Alabama
  • Berchemia Fruit and seeds. 1 diet record. 1 native plant in Alabama
  • Castanea Fruit and seeds. 1 diet record. 3 native plants in Alabama
  • Celastrus Fruit and seeds. 1 diet record. 1 native plant in Alabama
  • Claytonia Fruit and seeds. 1 diet record. 2 native plants in Alabama
  • Crataegus Fruit and seeds. 1 diet record. 37 native plants in Alabama
  • Euonymus Fruit and seeds. 1 diet record. 2 native plants in Alabama
  • Ficus Fruit and seeds. 1 diet record. 0 native plants in Alabama
  • Fragaria Fruit and seeds. 1 diet record. 1 native plant in Alabama
  • Galium Fruit and seeds. 1 diet record. 12 native plants in Alabama
  • Gaultheria Fruit and seeds. 1 diet record. 1 native plant in Alabama
  • Gaylussacia Fruit and seeds. 1 diet record. 5 native plants in Alabama
  • Juniperus Fruit and seeds. 1 diet record. 3 native plants in Alabama
  • Lindera Fruit and seeds. 1 diet record. 3 native plants in Alabama
  • Liquidambar Fruit and seeds. 1 diet record. 1 native plant in Alabama
  • Lonicera Fruit and seeds. 1 diet record. 3 native plants in Alabama
  • Malosma Fruit and seeds. 1 diet record. 0 native plants in Alabama
  • Morus Fruit and seeds. 1 diet record. 1 native plant in Alabama
  • Nyssa Fruit and seeds. 1 diet record. 4 native plants in Alabama
  • Parthenocissus Fruit and seeds. 1 diet record. 1 native plant in Alabama
  • Phoradendron Fruit and seeds. 1 diet record. 1 native plant in Alabama
  • Phytolacca Fruit and seeds. 1 diet record. 2 native plants in Alabama
  • Prunus Fruit and seeds. 1 diet record. 8 native plants in Alabama
  • Rhamnus Fruit and seeds. 1 diet record. 0 native plants in Alabama
  • Ribes Fruit and seeds. 1 diet record. 2 native plants in Alabama
  • Rosa Fruit and seeds. 1 diet record. 3 native plants in Alabama
  • Rubus Fruit and seeds. 1 diet record. 7 native plants in Alabama
  • Sassafras Fruit and seeds. 1 diet record. 1 native plant in Alabama
  • Schinus Fruit and seeds. 1 diet record. 0 native plants in Alabama
  • Symphoricarpos Fruit and seeds. 1 diet record. 1 native plant in Alabama
  • Vaccinium Fruit and seeds. 1 diet record. 11 native plants in Alabama

Avian Diet Database (Hurlbert Lab), CC0 1.0.

Also found in its main habitats

Its main habitats in Alabama, by how much of its habitat model each one is, with the birds most characteristic of each and the plants that grow wild there. Shared habitat, not food.

Floodplain and bottomland forests

Birds 104

Plants 418

All of floodplain and bottomland forests in Alabama

Swamps

Birds 102

Plants 327

All of swamps in Alabama

Moist forests

Birds 69

Plants 337

All of moist forests in Alabama

USGS Gap Analysis Project habitat models.

Sources