Bird
Veery
Catharus fuscescens
Passes through Louisiana on migration. Found in all 64 parishes, across 2 habitats.
- Here
- On migration
- Nesting
- Not known to nest here
- Range
- All 64 parishes
- Habitats
- 2

At a glance
- Group
- Birds
- Here
- On migration
- Nesting
- Not known to nest here
- Range
- All 64 parishes
- Habitats
- 2
- Habitat models
- Summer
Where it lives
The places its habitat model includes. It is not found everywhere a habitat occurs.
Habitats in Louisiana 2
Each habitat page lists the plants and wildlife also found there.
Floodplain and bottomland forests
Forests on low ground beside rivers and streams that flood from time to time.
Borders of forests, clearings and shrubby thickets.
Other habitats in its models (42)
Land cover, or classes with no habitat page in Louisiana.
- Central and Southern Appalachian Northern Hardwood Forest Summer, only within 250 m of water.
- Northeastern Interior Dry Oak Forest-Hardwood Modifier Summer, only within 250 m of water.
- Northeastern Interior Dry Oak Forest - Mixed Modifier Summer, only within 250 m of water.
- Northeastern Interior Dry-Mesic Oak Forest Summer, only within 250 m of water.
- Southern Interior Low Plateau Dry-Mesic Oak 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 Beech-Maple Forest Summer, only within 250 m of water.
- North-Central Interior Maple-Basswood Forest Summer, only within 250 m of water.
- Southern and Central Appalachian Oak Forest Summer, only within 250 m of water.
- Allegheny-Cumberland Dry Oak Forest and Woodland - Hardwood Summer, only within 250 m of water.
- Central and Southern Appalachian Montane Oak Forest Summer, only within 250 m of water.
- Southern Piedmont Mesic Forest Summer, only within 250 m of water.
- Northeastern Interior Dry Oak Forest - Virginia/Pitch Pine Modifier Summer, only within 250 m of water.
- Allegheny-Cumberland Dry Oak Forest and Woodland - Pine Modifier Summer, only within 250 m of water.
- Southern Ridge and Valley Dry Calcareous Forest - Pine modifier Summer, only within 250 m of water.
- Northern Atlantic Coastal Plain Dry Hardwood Forest Summer, only within 250 m of water.
- Central Appalachian Oak and Pine Forest Summer, only within 250 m of water.
- Appalachian Hemlock-Hardwood Forest Summer, only within 250 m of water.
- Acadian Low-Elevation Spruce-Fir-Hardwood Forest Summer, only within 250 m of water.
- Southern and Central Appalachian Cove Forest Summer, only within 250 m of water.
- South-Central Interior Mesophytic Forest Summer, only within 250 m of water.
- Southern Appalachian Montane Pine Forest and Woodland Summer, only within 250 m of water.
- Southern Appalachian Low Mountain Pine Forest Summer, only within 250 m of water.
- Central and Southern Appalachian Spruce-Fir Forest Summer, only within 250 m of water.
- Southern Appalachian Grass and Shrub Bald - Shrub Modifier Summer, only within 250 m of water.
- Central Interior and Appalachian Swamp Systems Summer.
- Central Interior and Appalachian Shrub-Herbaceous Wetland Systems Summer.
- Northern Atlantic Coastal Plain Basin Swamp and Wet Hardwood Forest Summer.
- Southern and Central Appalachian Bog and Fen Summer.
- Western Great Plains Depressional Wetland Systems Summer.
- Southern Piedmont/Ridge and Valley Upland Depression Swamp Summer.
- Central Appalachian Floodplain - Forest Modifier Summer.
- Central Appalachian Riparian - Forest Modifier Summer.
- South-Central Interior Large Floodplain - Forest Modifier Summer.
- Southern Piedmont Large Floodplain Forest - Forest Modifier Summer.
- South-Central Interior Large Floodplain - Herbaceous Modifier Summer.
- Central Interior and Appalachian Floodplain Systems Summer.
- Central Interior and Appalachian Riparian Systems Summer.
- Cumberland Riverscour Summer.
- Southern Piedmont Small Floodplain and Riparian Forest Summer.
- South-Central Interior Small Stream and Riparian Summer.
- North-Central Interior Wet Flatwoods Summer.
Seasons in Louisiana
- Migratory: does not nest here, in all 64 parishes.
Also found in this habitat
Plants 80
Plants named in NatureServe descriptions of these habitats that grow in Louisiana. Shared habitat, not food.
- False NettleBoehmeria cylindrica
- Trumpet-creeperCampsis radicans
- Water HickoryCarya aquatica
- SugarberryCeltis laevigata
- Green HawthornCrataegus viridis
- Possumhaw HollyIlex decidua
- SweetgumLiquidambar styraciflua
- Canadian ClearweedPilea pumila
- Overcup OakQuercus lyrata
- Cherrybark OakQuercus pagoda
- Common GreenbrierSmilax rotundifolia
- Calico AsterSymphyotrichum lateriflorum
- American ElmUlmus americana
- Box-elderAcer negundo
- Silver MapleAcer saccharinum
- Creeping SpotflowerAcmella oppositifolia var. repens
- White SnakerootAgeratina altissima
- American GroundnutApios americana
- Green DragonArisaema dracontium
- Giant CaneArundinaria gigantea
- Bearded BeggarticksBidens aristosa
- Cattail SedgeCarex typhina
- PecanCarya illinoinensis
- ButtonbushCephalanthus occidentalis
Wildlife 174
Other animals whose habitat models include the same habitats in Louisiana. Not sighting records.
- Orange-crowned WarblerVermivora celata
- Orchard OrioleIcterus spurius
- Pine SiskinCarduelis pinus
- Purple FinchCarpodacus purpureus
- Red-bellied WoodpeckerMelanerpes carolinus
- Red-shouldered HawkButeo lineatus
- Red-tailed HawkButeo jamaicensis
- Red-winged BlackbirdAgelaius phoeniceus
- Ruby-crowned KingletRegulus calendula
- Ruby-throated HummingbirdArchilochus colubris
- Sharp-shinned HawkAccipiter striatus
- Song SparrowMelospiza melodia
- Swallow-tailed KiteElanoides forficatus
- Tufted TitmouseBaeolophus bicolor
- Turkey VultureCathartes aura
- White-crowned SparrowZonotrichia leucophrys
- White-eyed VireoVireo griseus
- White-throated SparrowZonotrichia albicollis
- White-winged DoveZenaida asiatica
- Wild TurkeyMeleagris gallopavo
- Willow FlycatcherEmpidonax traillii
- Wilson's WarblerWilsonia pusilla
- Yellow-billed CuckooCoccyzus americanus
- Yellow-breasted ChatIcteria virens
NatureServe Explorer, CC BY 4.0. USGS Gap Analysis Project habitat models.
Sources
- USGS Gap Analysis Project habitat models (2001)
- USGS GAP summer habitat model for Veery Elevation 1,066 to 2,500 m
- USGS Gap Analysis Project range maps (2001), modeled by watershed; migratory gives no dates
- NatureServe Explorer (CC BY 4.0), habitat names
- US Census TIGER/Line counties
- Names follow the USGS Gap Analysis Project (2001)













































