Bird
Veery
Catharus fuscescens
Passes through Mississippi on migration. Found in all 82 counties, across 2 habitats.
- Here
- On migration
- Nesting
- Not known to nest here
- Range
- All 82 counties
- Habitats
- 2

At a glance
- Group
- Birds
- Here
- On migration
- Nesting
- Not known to nest here
- Range
- All 82 counties
- Habitats
- 2
- Habitat models
- Summer
Where it lives
The places its habitat model includes. It is not found everywhere a habitat occurs.
Habitats in Mississippi 2
Each habitat page lists the plants and wildlife also found there.
1 of 2
Floodplain and bottomland forests
Forests on low ground beside rivers and streams that flood from time to time.

Other habitats in its models (42)
Land cover, or classes with no habitat page in Mississippi.
- 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 Mississippi
- Migratory: does not nest here, in all 82 counties.
Also found in this habitat
Plants 84
Plants named in NatureServe descriptions of these habitats that grow in Mississippi. Shared habitat, not food.
- False NettleBoehmeria cylindrica
- Buckwheat VineBrunnichia ovata
- Trumpet-creeperCampsis radicans
- Water HickoryCarya aquatica
- SugarberryCeltis laevigata
- Green HawthornCrataegus viridis
- Eastern Swamp PrivetForestiera acuminata
- Possumhaw HollyIlex decidua
- SweetgumLiquidambar styraciflua
- Canadian ClearweedPilea pumila
- Overcup OakQuercus lyrata
- Cherrybark OakQuercus pagoda
- Texas Red OakQuercus texana
- Common GreenbrierSmilax rotundifolia
- Calico AsterSymphyotrichum lateriflorum
- American ElmUlmus americana
- Red GrapeVitis palmata
- Box-elderAcer negundo
- Silver MapleAcer saccharinum
- Creeping SpotflowerAcmella oppositifolia var. repens
- White SnakerootAgeratina altissima
- American GroundnutApios americana
- Green DragonArisaema dracontium
- Giant CaneArundinaria gigantea
Wildlife 166
Other animals whose habitat models include the same habitats in Mississippi. Not sighting records.
- Chestnut-sided WarblerDendroica pensylvanica
- Chuck-will's-widowCaprimulgus carolinensis
- Cliff SwallowPetrochelidon pyrrhonota
- Dark-eyed JuncoJunco hyemalis
- Double-crested CormorantPhalacrocorax auritus
- Eastern BluebirdSialia sialis
- Eastern Wood-peweeContopus virens
- Field SparrowSpizella pusilla
- Fox SparrowPasserella iliaca
- GadwallAnas strepera
- Golden-crowned KingletRegulus satrapa
- Golden-winged WarblerVermivora chrysoptera
- Great Blue HeronArdea herodias
- Great EgretArdea alba
- Great-tailed GrackleQuiscalus mexicanus
- Green HeronButorides virescens
- Hairy WoodpeckerPicoides villosus
- Henslow's SparrowAmmodramus henslowii
- Hermit ThrushCatharus guttatus
- Hooded MerganserLophodytes cucullatus
- House FinchCarpodacus mexicanus
- Kentucky WarblerOporornis formosus
- Lark SparrowChondestes grammacus
- Least SandpiperCalidris minutilla
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)












































