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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.

SummerMississippi River Riparian Forest; Mississippi River Low Floodplain (Bottomland) Forest

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 (42)

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

Elsewhere in the South (14)
  • 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.
  • South-Central Interior Small Stream and Riparian Summer.
  • 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 (18)
  • 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.
  • Central Interior and Appalachian Floodplain Systems Summer.
  • Central Interior and Appalachian Riparian Systems Summer.
  • Central Interior and Appalachian Shrub-Herbaceous Wetland Systems Summer.
  • Central Interior and Appalachian Swamp Systems 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 - Forest Modifier Summer.
  • 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 Mississippi

  • Migratory: 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 82

Plant genera in its diet records (22)
  • Cornus Fruit and seeds. 4 diet records. 1 native plant in Mississippi
  • Rhus Fruit and seeds. 4 diet records. 6 native plants in Mississippi
  • Prunus Fruit and seeds. 3 diet records. 7 native plants in Mississippi
  • Sambucus Fruit and seeds. 3 diet records. 1 native plant in Mississippi
  • Amelanchier Fruit and seeds. 2 diet records. 1 native plant in Mississippi
  • Celtis Fruit and seeds. 1 diet record. 3 native plants in Mississippi
  • Chaetochloa Seeds. 1 diet record. 0 native plants in Mississippi
  • Fragaria Fruit and seeds. 1 diet record. 1 native plant in Mississippi
  • Ilex Fruit and seeds. 1 diet record. 14 native plants in Mississippi
  • Lindera Fruit and seeds. 1 diet record. 3 native plants in Mississippi
  • Maianthemum 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
  • Phytolacca Fruit and seeds. 1 diet record. 2 native plants in Mississippi
  • Pyrus Fruit and seeds. 1 diet record. 0 native plants in Mississippi
  • Rubus Fruit and seeds. 1 diet record. 6 native plants in Mississippi
  • Smilax Fruit and seeds. 1 diet record. 13 native plants in Mississippi
  • Sorbus Fruit and seeds. 1 diet record. 0 native plants in Mississippi
  • Sporobolus Seeds. 1 diet record. 9 native plants in Mississippi
  • Symphoricarpos Fruit and seeds. 1 diet record. 1 native plant in Mississippi
  • Taxus Fruit and seeds. 1 diet record. 0 native plants 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.

Floodplain and bottomland forests

Birds 87

Plants 346

All of floodplain and bottomland forests in Mississippi

Forest edges and thickets

Birds 66

Plants 172

All of forest edges and thickets in Mississippi

USGS Gap Analysis Project habitat models.

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