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Veery

Catharus fuscescens

Passes through Arkansas on migration. Found in all 75 counties, across 6 habitats.

Here
On migration
Nesting
Not known to nest here
Range
All 75 counties
Habitats
6

At a glance

Group
Birds
Here
On migration
Nesting
Not known to nest here
Range
All 75 counties
Habitats
6
Habitat models
Summer

Where it lives

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

Habitats in Arkansas 6

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

1 of 6

Swamps

The Land of Evangeline
SummerCentral Interior and Appalachian Swamp SystemsJoseph 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.

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; Central Interior and Appalachian Floodplain Systems; Central Interior and Appalachian Riparian Systems; Mississippi River Riparian Forest; Mississippi River Low Floodplain (Bottomland) Forest; South-Central Interior Small Stream and Riparian

Freshwater marshes

Open, herb-covered wetlands with fresh, non-tidal water.

SummerCentral Interior and Appalachian Shrub-Herbaceous Wetland Systems

Streams, rivers and their banks

Flowing water and its banks, bars and rocky shoals.

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

Wet meadows

Open, wet, grassy or sedgy ground that is not a bog.

SummerCentral Interior and Appalachian Shrub-Herbaceous Wetland Systems

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
Other habitats in its models (36)

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

Elsewhere in the South (13)
  • 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.
  • Cumberland Riverscour Summer.
  • South-Central Interior Mesophytic Forest Summer, only within 250 m of water.
  • 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 Low Mountain Pine Forest Summer, only within 250 m of water.
  • Southern Appalachian Montane Pine Forest and Woodland Summer, only within 250 m of water.
  • Southern Interior Low Plateau Dry-Mesic Oak Forest Summer, only within 250 m of water.
  • Southern Piedmont Mesic Forest Summer, only within 250 m of water.
  • Southern Piedmont Small Floodplain and Riparian Forest Summer.
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 (13)
  • Allegheny-Cumberland Dry Oak Forest and Woodland - Hardwood Summer, only within 250 m of water.
  • 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.
  • 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 Piedmont Large Floodplain Forest - Forest Modifier Summer.
  • Southern Piedmont/Ridge and Valley Upland Depression Swamp Summer.
  • 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 Arkansas

  • Migratory: 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 93

Plant genera in its diet records (22)
  • Cornus Fruit and seeds. 4 diet records. 4 native plants in Arkansas
  • Rhus Fruit and seeds. 4 diet records. 6 native plants in Arkansas
  • Prunus Fruit and seeds. 3 diet records. 13 native plants in Arkansas
  • Sambucus Fruit and seeds. 3 diet records. 1 native plant in Arkansas
  • Amelanchier Fruit and seeds. 2 diet records. 1 native plant in Arkansas
  • Celtis Fruit and seeds. 1 diet record. 3 native plants in Arkansas
  • Chaetochloa Seeds. 1 diet record. 0 native plants in Arkansas
  • Fragaria Fruit and seeds. 1 diet record. 1 native plant in Arkansas
  • Ilex Fruit and seeds. 1 diet record. 8 native plants in Arkansas
  • Lindera Fruit and seeds. 1 diet record. 2 native plants in Arkansas
  • Maianthemum Fruit and seeds. 1 diet record. 3 native plants 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
  • Phytolacca Fruit and seeds. 1 diet record. 2 native plants in Arkansas
  • Pyrus Fruit and seeds. 1 diet record. 0 native plants in Arkansas
  • Rubus Fruit and seeds. 1 diet record. 9 native plants in Arkansas
  • Smilax Fruit and seeds. 1 diet record. 13 native plants in Arkansas
  • Sorbus Fruit and seeds. 1 diet record. 0 native plants in Arkansas
  • Sporobolus Seeds. 1 diet record. 14 native plants in Arkansas
  • Symphoricarpos Fruit and seeds. 1 diet record. 1 native plant in Arkansas
  • Taxus Fruit and seeds. 1 diet record. 0 native plants 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.

Floodplain and bottomland forests

Birds 76

Plants 313

All of floodplain and bottomland forests in Arkansas

Forest edges and thickets

Birds 45

Plants 142

All of forest edges and thickets in Arkansas

Streams, rivers and their banks

Birds 50

Plants 199

All of streams, rivers and their banks in Arkansas

USGS Gap Analysis Project habitat models.

Sources