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Veery

Catharus fuscescens

Passes through Alabama on migration. Found in all 67 counties, across 7 habitats.

Here
On migration
Nesting
Not known to nest here
Range
All 67 counties
Habitats
7

At a glance

Group
Birds
Here
On migration
Nesting
Not known to nest here
Range
All 67 counties
Habitats
7
Habitat models
Summer

Where it lives

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

Habitats in Alabama 7

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

1 of 7

Streams, rivers and their banks

Blue Spring, Florida
SummerCentral Interior and Appalachian Riparian Systems; Cumberland Riverscour; 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
SummerCentral Interior and Appalachian Swamp Systems; 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.

Floodplain and bottomland forests

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

SummerSouth-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

Dry forests and woodlands

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

SummerOnly within 250 m of water.Allegheny-Cumberland Dry Oak Forest and Woodland - Hardwood; Southern Appalachian Low Mountain Pine Forest

Forest edges and thickets

Borders of forests, clearings and shrubby thickets.

SummerOnly within 250 m of water.Disturbed/Successional - Shrub Regeneration; Harvested Forest - Shrub Regeneration

Moderately dry forests

Forests between dry and moist, often oak-hickory on slopes.

SummerOnly within 250 m of water.Southern Interior Low Plateau Dry-Mesic Oak Forest

Moist forests

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

SummerOnly within 250 m of water.Southern Piedmont Mesic Forest; South-Central Interior Mesophytic Forest
Other habitats in its models (30)

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

Elsewhere in the South (9)
  • Central and Southern Appalachian Montane Oak Forest Summer, only within 250 m of water.
  • Central and Southern Appalachian Northern Hardwood Forest Summer, only within 250 m of water.
  • Central and Southern Appalachian Spruce-Fir Forest Summer, only within 250 m of water.
  • Mississippi River Low Floodplain (Bottomland) Forest Summer.
  • Mississippi River Riparian Forest Summer.
  • Southern and Central Appalachian Bog and Fen Summer.
  • Southern and Central Appalachian Cove Forest Summer, only within 250 m of water.
  • Southern and Central Appalachian Oak Forest Summer, only within 250 m of water.
  • Southern Appalachian Montane Pine Forest and Woodland Summer, only within 250 m of water.
Northeast (7)
  • Acadian Low-Elevation Spruce-Fir-Hardwood Forest Summer, only within 250 m of water.
  • Appalachian Hemlock-Hardwood Forest Summer, only within 250 m of water.
  • Central Appalachian Oak and Pine Forest Summer, only within 250 m of water.
  • North-Central Interior Wet Flatwoods Summer.
  • Northeastern Interior Dry-Mesic Oak Forest Summer, only within 250 m of water.
  • Northern Atlantic Coastal Plain Basin Swamp and Wet Hardwood Forest Summer.
  • Northern Atlantic Coastal Plain Dry Hardwood Forest Summer, only within 250 m of water.
Midwest (3)
  • North-Central Interior Beech-Maple Forest Summer, only within 250 m of water.
  • North-Central Interior Dry-Mesic Oak Forest and Woodland Summer, only within 250 m of water.
  • North-Central Interior Maple-Basswood Forest Summer, only within 250 m of water.
Land cover and other classes (11)
  • Allegheny-Cumberland Dry Oak Forest and Woodland - Pine Modifier Summer, only within 250 m of water.
  • Central Appalachian Floodplain - Forest Modifier Summer.
  • Central Appalachian Riparian - Forest Modifier Summer.
  • Central Interior and Appalachian Shrub-Herbaceous Wetland Systems Summer.
  • Northeastern Interior Dry Oak Forest - Mixed Modifier Summer, only within 250 m of water.
  • Northeastern Interior Dry Oak Forest - Virginia/Pitch Pine Modifier Summer, only within 250 m of water.
  • Northeastern Interior Dry Oak Forest-Hardwood Modifier Summer, only within 250 m of water.
  • South-Central Interior Large Floodplain - Herbaceous Modifier Summer.
  • Southern Appalachian Grass and Shrub Bald - Shrub Modifier Summer, only within 250 m of water.
  • Southern Ridge and Valley Dry Calcareous Forest - Pine modifier Summer, only within 250 m of water.
  • Western Great Plains Depressional Wetland Systems Summer.

All habitats

Seasons in Alabama

  • Migratory: 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 96

Plant genera in its diet records (22)
  • Cornus Fruit and seeds. 4 diet records. 4 native plants in Alabama
  • Rhus Fruit and seeds. 4 diet records. 4 native plants in Alabama
  • Prunus Fruit and seeds. 3 diet records. 8 native plants in Alabama
  • Sambucus Fruit and seeds. 3 diet records. 1 native plant in Alabama
  • Amelanchier Fruit and seeds. 2 diet records. 4 native plants in Alabama
  • Celtis Fruit and seeds. 1 diet record. 3 native plants in Alabama
  • Chaetochloa Seeds. 1 diet record. 0 native plants in Alabama
  • Fragaria Fruit and seeds. 1 diet record. 1 native plant in Alabama
  • Ilex Fruit and seeds. 1 diet record. 12 native plants in Alabama
  • Lindera Fruit and seeds. 1 diet record. 3 native plants in Alabama
  • Maianthemum 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
  • Phytolacca Fruit and seeds. 1 diet record. 2 native plants in Alabama
  • Pyrus Fruit and seeds. 1 diet record. 0 native plants in Alabama
  • Rubus Fruit and seeds. 1 diet record. 7 native plants in Alabama
  • Smilax Fruit and seeds. 1 diet record. 14 native plants in Alabama
  • Sorbus Fruit and seeds. 1 diet record. 0 native plants in Alabama
  • Sporobolus Seeds. 1 diet record. 15 native plants in Alabama
  • Symphoricarpos Fruit and seeds. 1 diet record. 1 native plant in Alabama
  • Taxus Fruit and seeds. 1 diet record. 0 native plants 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

Streams, rivers and their banks

Birds 94

Plants 322

All of streams, rivers and their banks in Alabama

Dry forests and woodlands

Birds 79

Plants 224

All of dry forests and woodlands in Alabama

USGS Gap Analysis Project habitat models.

Sources