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Hermit Thrush

Catharus guttatus

A winter visitor to Mississippi, found in all 82 counties and 9 habitats.

Here
Winter
Nesting
Not known to nest here
Range
All 82 counties
Habitats
9

At a glance

Group
Birds
Here
Winter
Nesting
Not known to nest here
Range
All 82 counties
Habitats
9
Habitat models
Summer, Winter

Where it lives

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

Habitats in Mississippi 9

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

1 of 9

Swamps

The Land of Evangeline
WinterSouthern Coastal Plain Nonriverine Basin Swamp - Okefenokee Taxodium Modifier; Southern Coastal Plain Nonriverine Basin Swamp - Okefenokee Bay/Gum Modifier; Southern Coastal Plain Seepage Swamp and Baygall; Gulf and Atlantic Coastal Plain Swamp Systems; Southern Coastal Plain Nonriverine Basin 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. 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

Floodplain and bottomland forests

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

WinterEast Gulf Coastal Plain Large River Floodplain Forest - Forest Modifier; Mississippi River Riparian Forest; Mississippi River Low Floodplain (Bottomland) Forest; East Gulf Coastal Plain Small Stream and River Floodplain Forest; Southern Coastal Plain Blackwater River Floodplain Forest; Mississippi River Floodplain and Riparian 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 Jackson Plain Dry Flatwoods - Open Understory Modifier; East Gulf Coastal Plain Southern Loblolly-Hardwood Flatwoods

Maritime forests and thickets

Salt-pruned forests and shrub thickets behind coastal dunes.

WinterEast Gulf Coastal Plain Maritime Forest

Moist forests

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

WinterEast Gulf Coastal Plain Northern Loess Bluff Forest; East Gulf Coastal Plain Southern Loess Bluff Forest; East Gulf Coastal Plain Northern 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; East Gulf Coastal Plain Near-Coast Pine 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

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 (102)

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

Elsewhere in the South (56)
  • 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-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.
  • Lower Mississippi River Flatwoods Winter.
  • Mississippi Delta Maritime Forest Winter.
  • Mississippi River Alluvial Plain Dry-Mesic Loess Slope 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.
  • Red River Large Floodplain 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.
  • 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 Hydric Hammock 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.
  • West Gulf Coastal Plain Catahoula Barrens Winter.
  • West Gulf Coastal Plain Large River Floodplain Forest Winter.
  • West Gulf Coastal Plain Mesic Hardwood Forest Winter.
  • West Gulf Coastal Plain Near-Coast Large River Swamp Winter.
  • West Gulf Coastal Plain Nonriverine Wet Hardwood Flatwoods Winter.
  • West Gulf Coastal Plain Pine-Hardwood Flatwoods Winter.
  • West Gulf Coastal Plain Pine-Hardwood Forest Winter.
  • West Gulf Coastal Plain Sandhill Oak and Shortleaf Pine Forest and Woodland Winter.
  • West Gulf Coastal Plain Seepage Swamp and Baygall 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 (24)
  • 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 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 Clethra Modifier Winter.
  • Southern Coastal Plain Nonriverine Basin Swamp - Okefenokee Pine Modifier Winter.
  • Southern Piedmont Large Floodplain Forest - Forest Modifier Winter.
  • Southern Piedmont/Ridge and Valley Upland Depression Swamp Winter.

All habitats

Seasons in Mississippi

  • Winter: does not nest here, in all 82 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 162

Plant genera in its diet records (46)
  • Ilex Fruit and seeds. 4 diet records. 14 native plants in Mississippi
  • Rhus Fruit and seeds. 4 diet records. 6 native plants in Mississippi
  • Smilax Fruit and seeds. 3 diet records. 13 native plants in Mississippi
  • Celtis Fruit and seeds. 2 diet records. 3 native plants in Mississippi
  • Cornus Fruit and seeds. 2 diet records. 1 native plant in Mississippi
  • Maianthemum Fruit and seeds. 2 diet records. 1 native plant in Mississippi
  • Morella Fruit and seeds. 2 diet records. 3 native plants in Mississippi
  • Sambucus Fruit and seeds. 2 diet records. 1 native plant in Mississippi
  • Solanum Fruit and seeds. 2 diet records. 3 native plants in Mississippi
  • Toxicodendron Fruit and seeds. 2 diet records. 3 native plants in Mississippi
  • Viburnum Fruit and seeds. 2 diet records. 7 native plants in Mississippi
  • Vitis Fruit and seeds. 2 diet records. 10 native plants in Mississippi
  • Acalypha Fruit and seeds. 1 diet record. 4 native plants in Mississippi
  • Amelanchier Fruit and seeds. 1 diet record. 1 native plant in Mississippi
  • Aralia Fruit and seeds. 1 diet record. 2 native plants in Mississippi
  • Aronia Fruit and seeds. 1 diet record. 2 native plants in Mississippi
  • Berchemia Fruit and seeds. 1 diet record. 1 native plant in Mississippi
  • Castanea Fruit and seeds. 1 diet record. 2 native plants in Mississippi
  • Celastrus Fruit and seeds. 1 diet record. 1 native plant in Mississippi
  • Claytonia Fruit and seeds. 1 diet record. 2 native plants in Mississippi
  • Crataegus Fruit and seeds. 1 diet record. 22 native plants in Mississippi
  • Euonymus Fruit and seeds. 1 diet record. 1 native plant in Mississippi
  • Ficus Fruit and seeds. 1 diet record. 0 native plants in Mississippi
  • Fragaria Fruit and seeds. 1 diet record. 1 native plant in Mississippi
  • Galium Fruit and seeds. 1 diet record. 11 native plants in Mississippi
  • Gaultheria Fruit and seeds. 1 diet record. 0 native plants in Mississippi
  • Gaylussacia Fruit and seeds. 1 diet record. 3 native plants in Mississippi
  • Juniperus Fruit and seeds. 1 diet record. 3 native plants in Mississippi
  • Lindera Fruit and seeds. 1 diet record. 3 native plants in Mississippi
  • Liquidambar Fruit and seeds. 1 diet record. 1 native plant in Mississippi
  • Lonicera Fruit and seeds. 1 diet record. 1 native plant in Mississippi
  • Malosma Fruit and seeds. 1 diet record. 0 native plants in Mississippi
  • Morus Fruit and seeds. 1 diet record. 1 native plant in Mississippi
  • Nyssa Fruit and seeds. 1 diet record. 3 native plants in Mississippi
  • Parthenocissus Fruit and seeds. 1 diet record. 1 native plant in Mississippi
  • Phoradendron Fruit and seeds. 1 diet record. 1 native plant in Mississippi
  • Phytolacca Fruit and seeds. 1 diet record. 2 native plants in Mississippi
  • Prunus Fruit and seeds. 1 diet record. 7 native plants in Mississippi
  • Rhamnus Fruit and seeds. 1 diet record. 1 native plant in Mississippi
  • Ribes Fruit and seeds. 1 diet record. 0 native plants in Mississippi
  • Rosa Fruit and seeds. 1 diet record. 3 native plants in Mississippi
  • Rubus Fruit and seeds. 1 diet record. 6 native plants in Mississippi
  • Sassafras Fruit and seeds. 1 diet record. 1 native plant in Mississippi
  • Schinus Fruit and seeds. 1 diet record. 0 native plants in Mississippi
  • Symphoricarpos Fruit and seeds. 1 diet record. 1 native plant in Mississippi
  • Vaccinium Fruit and seeds. 1 diet record. 9 native plants in Mississippi

Avian Diet Database (Hurlbert Lab), CC0 1.0.

Also found in its main habitats

Its main habitats in Mississippi, 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 99

Plants 291

All of swamps in Mississippi

Floodplain and bottomland forests

Birds 87

Plants 346

All of floodplain and bottomland forests in Mississippi

Moist forests

Birds 48

Plants 270

All of moist forests in Mississippi

USGS Gap Analysis Project habitat models.

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