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Hermit Thrush

Catharus guttatus

A winter visitor to Louisiana, found in all 64 parishes and 12 habitats.

Here
Winter
Nesting
Not known to nest here
Range
All 64 parishes
Habitats
12

At a glance

Group
Birds
Here
Winter
Nesting
Not known to nest here
Range
All 64 parishes
Habitats
12
Habitat models
Summer, Winter

Where it lives

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

Habitats in Louisiana 12

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

1 of 12

Swamps

The Land of Evangeline
WinterSouthern Coastal Plain Seepage Swamp and Baygall; West Gulf Coastal Plain Seepage Swamp and Baygall; Gulf and Atlantic Coastal Plain Swamp Systems; West Gulf Coastal Plain Near-Coast Large River Swamp; Lower Mississippi River Bottomland Depressions - Forest Modifier; Southern Coastal Plain Nonriverine Cypress Dome; 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. Louisiana bayou country (Meeker, The Land of Evangeline, 1874)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

Floodplain and bottomland forests

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

WinterMississippi River Riparian Forest; Mississippi River Low Floodplain (Bottomland) Forest; West Gulf Coastal Plain Large River Floodplain Forest; Red River Large Floodplain Forest; Mississippi River Floodplain and Riparian Forest

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.

WinterEast Gulf Coastal Plain Southern Loblolly-Hardwood Flatwoods; West Gulf Coastal Plain Pine-Hardwood Flatwoods; Lower Mississippi River Flatwoods; West Gulf Coastal Plain Nonriverine Wet Hardwood Flatwoods

Maritime forests and thickets

Salt-pruned forests and shrub thickets behind coastal dunes.

WinterMississippi Delta Maritime Forest

Moderately dry forests

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

WinterMississippi River Alluvial Plain Dry-Mesic Loess Slope Forest

Moist forests

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

WinterEast Gulf Coastal Plain Southern Loess Bluff Forest; West Gulf Coastal Plain Mesic Hardwood Forest; East Gulf Coastal Plain Southern Mesic Slope Forest

Pine flatwoods

Flat, sandy Coastal Plain pine woodlands, wetter than sandhills and denser than savannas.

WinterEast Gulf Coastal Plain Near-Coast Pine Flatwoods - Open Understory Modifier; East Gulf Coastal Plain Near-Coast Pine Flatwoods - Scrub/Shrub Understory Modifier; West Gulf Coastal Plain Wet Longleaf Pine Savanna and Flatwoods; East Gulf Coastal Plain Near-Coast Pine Flatwoods

Pine savannas

Open, fire-kept longleaf pine stands over grasses and wildflowers on wet to moist sandy soil.

WinterWest Gulf Coastal Plain Wet Longleaf Pine Savanna and Flatwoods

Seeps and springs

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

WinterSouthern Coastal Plain Seepage Swamp and Baygall; West Gulf Coastal Plain Seepage Swamp and Baygall

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 Louisiana. Those recorded in Louisiana first, the rest by region.

In Louisiana 3

  • West Gulf Coastal Plain Catahoula Barrens Winter.
  • West Gulf Coastal Plain Sandhill Oak and Shortleaf Pine Forest and Woodland Winter.
  • West Gulf Coastal Plain Upland Longleaf Pine Forest and Woodland Winter.
Elsewhere in the South (47)
  • 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 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-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.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • South-Central Interior Small Stream and Riparian 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 Crowley's Ridge Mesic Loess Slope Forest Winter.
  • Southern Piedmont Mesic Forest Winter.
  • Southern Piedmont Small Floodplain and Riparian Forest Winter.
  • Southern Ridge and Valley Dry Calcareous Forest Summer.
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 (28)
  • 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.
  • Central Interior and Appalachian Floodplain Systems Winter.
  • Central Interior and Appalachian Riparian Systems Winter.
  • Central Interior and Appalachian Swamp Systems 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.
  • 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.
  • South-Central Interior Large Floodplain - Forest Modifier Winter.
  • 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 Louisiana

  • Winter: does not nest here, in all 64 parishes.

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 145

Plant genera in its diet records (46)
  • Ilex Fruit and seeds. 4 diet records. 13 native plants in Louisiana
  • Rhus Fruit and seeds. 4 diet records. 5 native plants in Louisiana
  • Smilax Fruit and seeds. 3 diet records. 8 native plants in Louisiana
  • Celtis Fruit and seeds. 2 diet records. 3 native plants in Louisiana
  • Cornus Fruit and seeds. 2 diet records. 1 native plant in Louisiana
  • Maianthemum Fruit and seeds. 2 diet records. 2 native plants in Louisiana
  • Morella Fruit and seeds. 2 diet records. 3 native plants in Louisiana
  • Sambucus Fruit and seeds. 2 diet records. 1 native plant in Louisiana
  • Solanum Fruit and seeds. 2 diet records. 4 native plants in Louisiana
  • Toxicodendron Fruit and seeds. 2 diet records. 3 native plants in Louisiana
  • Viburnum Fruit and seeds. 2 diet records. 7 native plants in Louisiana
  • Vitis Fruit and seeds. 2 diet records. 7 native plants in Louisiana
  • Acalypha Fruit and seeds. 1 diet record. 4 native plants in Louisiana
  • Amelanchier Fruit and seeds. 1 diet record. 1 native plant in Louisiana
  • Aralia Fruit and seeds. 1 diet record. 1 native plant in Louisiana
  • Aronia Fruit and seeds. 1 diet record. 1 native plant in Louisiana
  • Berchemia Fruit and seeds. 1 diet record. 1 native plant in Louisiana
  • Castanea Fruit and seeds. 1 diet record. 2 native plants in Louisiana
  • Celastrus Fruit and seeds. 1 diet record. 1 native plant in Louisiana
  • Claytonia Fruit and seeds. 1 diet record. 3 native plants in Louisiana
  • Crataegus Fruit and seeds. 1 diet record. 17 native plants in Louisiana
  • Euonymus Fruit and seeds. 1 diet record. 1 native plant in Louisiana
  • Ficus Fruit and seeds. 1 diet record. 0 native plants in Louisiana
  • Fragaria Fruit and seeds. 1 diet record. 1 native plant in Louisiana
  • Galium Fruit and seeds. 1 diet record. 12 native plants in Louisiana
  • Gaultheria Fruit and seeds. 1 diet record. 0 native plants in Louisiana
  • Gaylussacia Fruit and seeds. 1 diet record. 2 native plants in Louisiana
  • Juniperus Fruit and seeds. 1 diet record. 3 native plants in Louisiana
  • Lindera Fruit and seeds. 1 diet record. 3 native plants in Louisiana
  • Liquidambar Fruit and seeds. 1 diet record. 1 native plant in Louisiana
  • Lonicera Fruit and seeds. 1 diet record. 1 native plant in Louisiana
  • Malosma Fruit and seeds. 1 diet record. 0 native plants in Louisiana
  • Morus Fruit and seeds. 1 diet record. 0 native plants in Louisiana
  • Nyssa Fruit and seeds. 1 diet record. 3 native plants in Louisiana
  • Parthenocissus Fruit and seeds. 1 diet record. 1 native plant in Louisiana
  • Phoradendron Fruit and seeds. 1 diet record. 1 native plant in Louisiana
  • Phytolacca Fruit and seeds. 1 diet record. 2 native plants in Louisiana
  • Prunus Fruit and seeds. 1 diet record. 8 native plants in Louisiana
  • Rhamnus Fruit and seeds. 1 diet record. 1 native plant in Louisiana
  • Ribes Fruit and seeds. 1 diet record. 1 native plant in Louisiana
  • Rosa Fruit and seeds. 1 diet record. 2 native plants in Louisiana
  • Rubus Fruit and seeds. 1 diet record. 5 native plants in Louisiana
  • Sassafras Fruit and seeds. 1 diet record. 1 native plant in Louisiana
  • Schinus Fruit and seeds. 1 diet record. 0 native plants in Louisiana
  • Symphoricarpos Fruit and seeds. 1 diet record. 1 native plant in Louisiana
  • Vaccinium Fruit and seeds. 1 diet record. 7 native plants in Louisiana

Avian Diet Database (Hurlbert Lab), CC0 1.0.

Also found in its main habitats

Its main habitats in Louisiana, 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.

Swamps

Birds 118

Plants 237

All of swamps in Louisiana

Floodplain and bottomland forests

Birds 107

Plants 267

All of floodplain and bottomland forests in Louisiana

Hardwood and oak flatwoods

Birds 91

Plants 11

All of hardwood and oak flatwoods in Louisiana

USGS Gap Analysis Project habitat models.

Sources