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Hermit Thrush

Catharus guttatus

A winter visitor to Arkansas, found in all 75 counties and 11 habitats.

Here
Winter
Nesting
Not known to nest here
Range
All 75 counties
Habitats
11

At a glance

Group
Birds
Here
Winter
Nesting
Not known to nest here
Range
All 75 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 Arkansas 11

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

1 of 11

Swamps

The Land of Evangeline
WinterWest Gulf Coastal Plain Seepage Swamp and Baygall; Central Interior and Appalachian Swamp Systems; Lower Mississippi River Bottomland Depressions - Forest Modifier; Mississippi River Bottomland DepressionJoseph Rusling Meeker, The Land of Evangeline (1874): moss-hung trees over a still bayou in Louisiana swamp forest. Regional view: the painting does not name the exact site. Shown: Louisiana bayou country (Meeker, The Land of Evangeline, 1874), a neighboring state.The Land of Evangeline, Joseph Rusling Meeker, 1874. 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.

WinterOzark-Ouachita Dry Oak Woodland; Ozark-Ouachita Shortleaf Pine-Oak Forest and Woodland; Ozark-Ouachita Shortleaf Pine-Bluestem Woodland

Floodplain and bottomland forests

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

WinterSouth-Central Interior Large Floodplain - Forest Modifier; Central Interior and Appalachian Floodplain Systems; Central Interior and Appalachian Riparian Systems; Mississippi River Riparian Forest; Mississippi River Low Floodplain (Bottomland) Forest; West Gulf Coastal Plain Large River Floodplain Forest; Red River Large Floodplain Forest; South-Central Interior Small Stream and Riparian; Mississippi River Floodplain and Riparian Forest; Ozark-Ouachita Riparian

Forests and woodlands

Forest or woodland where the source does not say how moist or dry.

WinterWest Gulf Coastal Plain Pine-Hardwood 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.

WinterWest Gulf Coastal Plain Pine-Hardwood Flatwoods; Lower Mississippi River Flatwoods; West Gulf Coastal Plain Nonriverine Wet Hardwood Flatwoods

Moderately dry forests

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

WinterOzark-Ouachita Dry-Mesic Oak Forest; Mississippi River Alluvial Plain Dry-Mesic Loess Slope Forest

Moist forests

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

WinterSouthern Crowley's Ridge Mesic Loess Slope Forest; West Gulf Coastal Plain Mesic Hardwood Forest; Ozark-Ouachita Mesic Hardwood Forest

Seeps and springs

Places where groundwater keeps the soil or rock wet, such as seepage slopes and spring runs.

WinterWest Gulf Coastal Plain Seepage Swamp and Baygall

Streams, rivers and their banks

Flowing water and its banks, bars and rocky shoals.

WinterCentral Interior and Appalachian Riparian Systems; South-Central Interior Small Stream and Riparian

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 (100)

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

In Arkansas 2

  • Ouachita Montane Oak Forest Winter.
  • West Gulf Coastal Plain Sandhill Oak and Shortleaf Pine Forest and Woodland Winter.
Elsewhere in the South (49)
  • 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 Maritime Forest Winter.
  • East Gulf Coastal Plain Near-Coast Pine Flatwoods Winter.
  • East Gulf Coastal Plain Northern Loess Bluff Forest Winter.
  • East Gulf Coastal Plain Northern Mesic Hardwood Forest Winter.
  • East Gulf Coastal Plain Small Stream and River Floodplain Forest Winter.
  • East Gulf Coastal Plain Southern Loblolly-Hardwood Flatwoods Winter.
  • East Gulf Coastal Plain Southern Loess Bluff Forest Winter.
  • East Gulf Coastal Plain Southern Mesic Slope 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.
  • Mississippi Delta Maritime Forest Winter.
  • South Florida Cypress Dome Winter.
  • South Florida Hardwood Hammock Winter.
  • South Florida Pine Flatwoods Winter.
  • South-Central Interior / Upper Coastal Plain Wet Flatwoods Winter.
  • South-Central Interior Mesophytic Forest 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 Coastal Plain Blackwater River Floodplain Forest Winter.
  • Southern Coastal Plain Hydric Hammock Winter.
  • Southern Coastal Plain Nonriverine Basin Swamp Winter.
  • Southern Coastal Plain Nonriverine Cypress Dome Winter.
  • Southern Coastal Plain Seepage Swamp and Baygall Winter.
  • Southern Piedmont Mesic Forest Winter.
  • Southern Piedmont Small Floodplain and Riparian Forest Winter.
  • Southern Ridge and Valley Dry Calcareous Forest Summer.
  • West Gulf Coastal Plain Catahoula Barrens Winter.
  • West Gulf Coastal Plain Near-Coast Large River Swamp 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 (27)
  • 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 Jackson Plain Dry Flatwoods - Open Understory Modifier Winter.
  • East Gulf Coastal Plain Large River Floodplain Forest - Forest Modifier Winter.
  • East Gulf Coastal Plain Near-Coast Pine Flatwoods - Offsite Hardwood Modifier Winter.
  • East Gulf Coastal Plain Near-Coast Pine Flatwoods - Open Understory Modifier Winter.
  • East Gulf Coastal Plain Near-Coast Pine Flatwoods - Scrub/Shrub Understory Modifier Winter.
  • Gulf and Atlantic Coastal Plain Swamp Systems Winter.
  • Laurentian-Acadian Floodplain Systems Summer.
  • 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 Bay/Gum Modifier Winter.
  • Southern Coastal Plain Nonriverine Basin Swamp - Okefenokee Clethra Modifier Winter.
  • Southern Coastal Plain Nonriverine Basin Swamp - Okefenokee Pine Modifier Winter.
  • Southern Coastal Plain Nonriverine Basin Swamp - Okefenokee Taxodium Modifier Winter.
  • Southern Piedmont Large Floodplain Forest - Forest Modifier Winter.
  • Southern Piedmont/Ridge and Valley Upland Depression Swamp Winter.

All habitats

Seasons in Arkansas

  • Winter: does not nest here, in all 75 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 183

Plant genera in its diet records (46)
  • Ilex Fruit and seeds. 4 diet records. 8 native plants in Arkansas
  • Rhus Fruit and seeds. 4 diet records. 6 native plants in Arkansas
  • Smilax Fruit and seeds. 3 diet records. 13 native plants in Arkansas
  • Celtis Fruit and seeds. 2 diet records. 3 native plants in Arkansas
  • Cornus Fruit and seeds. 2 diet records. 4 native plants in Arkansas
  • Maianthemum Fruit and seeds. 2 diet records. 3 native plants in Arkansas
  • Morella Fruit and seeds. 2 diet records. 2 native plants in Arkansas
  • Sambucus Fruit and seeds. 2 diet records. 1 native plant in Arkansas
  • Solanum Fruit and seeds. 2 diet records. 3 native plants in Arkansas
  • Toxicodendron Fruit and seeds. 2 diet records. 2 native plants in Arkansas
  • Viburnum Fruit and seeds. 2 diet records. 9 native plants in Arkansas
  • Vitis Fruit and seeds. 2 diet records. 12 native plants in Arkansas
  • Acalypha Fruit and seeds. 1 diet record. 6 native plants in Arkansas
  • Amelanchier Fruit and seeds. 1 diet record. 1 native plant in Arkansas
  • Aralia Fruit and seeds. 1 diet record. 2 native plants in Arkansas
  • Aronia Fruit and seeds. 1 diet record. 2 native plants in Arkansas
  • Berchemia Fruit and seeds. 1 diet record. 1 native plant in Arkansas
  • Castanea Fruit and seeds. 1 diet record. 1 native plant in Arkansas
  • Celastrus Fruit and seeds. 1 diet record. 1 native plant in Arkansas
  • Claytonia Fruit and seeds. 1 diet record. 5 native plants in Arkansas
  • Crataegus Fruit and seeds. 1 diet record. 22 native plants in Arkansas
  • Euonymus Fruit and seeds. 1 diet record. 2 native plants in Arkansas
  • Ficus Fruit and seeds. 1 diet record. 0 native plants in Arkansas
  • Fragaria Fruit and seeds. 1 diet record. 1 native plant in Arkansas
  • Galium Fruit and seeds. 1 diet record. 13 native plants in Arkansas
  • Gaultheria Fruit and seeds. 1 diet record. 0 native plants in Arkansas
  • Gaylussacia Fruit and seeds. 1 diet record. 1 native plant in Arkansas
  • Juniperus Fruit and seeds. 1 diet record. 3 native plants in Arkansas
  • Lindera Fruit and seeds. 1 diet record. 2 native plants in Arkansas
  • Liquidambar Fruit and seeds. 1 diet record. 1 native plant in Arkansas
  • Lonicera Fruit and seeds. 1 diet record. 4 native plants in Arkansas
  • Malosma Fruit and seeds. 1 diet record. 0 native plants in Arkansas
  • Morus Fruit and seeds. 1 diet record. 1 native plant in Arkansas
  • Nyssa Fruit and seeds. 1 diet record. 3 native plants in Arkansas
  • Parthenocissus Fruit and seeds. 1 diet record. 2 native plants in Arkansas
  • Phoradendron Fruit and seeds. 1 diet record. 1 native plant in Arkansas
  • Phytolacca Fruit and seeds. 1 diet record. 2 native plants in Arkansas
  • Prunus Fruit and seeds. 1 diet record. 13 native plants in Arkansas
  • Rhamnus Fruit and seeds. 1 diet record. 1 native plant in Arkansas
  • Ribes Fruit and seeds. 1 diet record. 3 native plants in Arkansas
  • Rosa Fruit and seeds. 1 diet record. 5 native plants in Arkansas
  • Rubus Fruit and seeds. 1 diet record. 9 native plants in Arkansas
  • Sassafras Fruit and seeds. 1 diet record. 1 native plant in Arkansas
  • Schinus Fruit and seeds. 1 diet record. 0 native plants in Arkansas
  • Symphoricarpos Fruit and seeds. 1 diet record. 1 native plant in Arkansas
  • Vaccinium Fruit and seeds. 1 diet record. 7 native plants in Arkansas

Avian Diet Database (Hurlbert Lab), CC0 1.0.

Also found in its main habitats

Its main habitats in Arkansas, 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.

Hermit Thrush uses many habitats in Arkansas; these are its 3 most characteristic.

Floodplain and bottomland forests

Birds 77

Plants 313

All of floodplain and bottomland forests in Arkansas

Swamps

Birds 63

Plants 223

All of swamps in Arkansas

Dry forests and woodlands

Birds 24

Plants 152

All of dry forests and woodlands in Arkansas

USGS Gap Analysis Project habitat models.

Sources