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Hermit Thrush

Catharus guttatus

Lives in North Carolina all year and nests here. Found in all 100 counties, across 17 habitats.

Here
All year
Nesting
Nests here
Range
All 100 counties
Habitats
17

At a glance

Group
Birds
Here
All year
Nesting
Nests here
Range
All 100 counties
Habitats
17
Habitat models
Summer, Winter

Where it lives

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

Habitats in North Carolina 17

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

1 of 17

Floodplain and bottomland forests

fallen (uprooted) tree
WinterAtlantic Coastal Plain Blackwater Stream Floodplain Forest - Forest Modifier; South-Central Interior Large Floodplain - Forest Modifier; Southern Piedmont Large Floodplain Forest - Forest Modifier; Central Interior and Appalachian Floodplain Systems; Central Interior and Appalachian Riparian Systems; Southern Piedmont Small Floodplain and Riparian Forest; Atlantic Coastal Plain Small Brownwater River Floodplain Forest; Atlantic Coastal Plain Small Blackwater River Floodplain Forest; Atlantic Coastal Plain Brownwater Stream Floodplain Forest; South-Central Interior Small Stream and RiparianNamed place / source context. Shown: Congaree Swamp National Monument floodplain forest, South Carolina; representative illustration, no exact viewpoint, a neighboring state.fallen (uprooted) tree, John Dawson, by1988. Public domain. Source record.

Pine flatwoods

Georgia Pines
WinterCentral Atlantic Coastal Plain Wet Longleaf Pine Savanna and FlatwoodsGeorge Inness, Georgia Pines (1890): tall, straight pines over an open, grassy floor in a south Georgia pine woods. Regional view: the painting does not name the exact site. Shown: Georgia pine woods (George Inness, 1890; site not named), a neighboring state.Georgia Pines, George Inness (1825-1894), 1890. Public domain. Source record.

Rich cove forests

Cove hardwood forest
WinterSouthern and Central Appalachian Cove ForestRegional / representative. Great Smoky Mountains National Park, North Carolina and Tennessee; representative habitat composite, not a documented exact viewpointCove hardwood forest, Hynes, Robert 'Bob', by 2012. Public domain. Source record.

Spruce-fir forests

Spruce-fir forest
SummerWinterRegional / representative. Great Smoky Mountains National Park, North Carolina and Tennessee; representative habitat composite, not a documented exact viewpointSpruce-fir forest, Hynes, Robert 'Bob', by 2012. Public domain. Source record.

Streams, rivers and their banks

Drawing, Autumn Landscape in North Carolina, 1865–70
WinterCentral Interior and Appalachian Riparian Systems; South-Central Interior Small Stream and RiparianFrederic Edwin Church, Autumn Landscape in North Carolina (1865-70): a boulder-strewn mountain river under autumn-coloured ridges. Regional view: the painting does not name the exact site. North Carolina mountains (Frederic Edwin Church, oil sketch 1865-70; Cooper Hewitt)Drawing, Autumn Landscape in North Carolina, 1865–70, Frederic Edwin Church, 1865-1870. Public domain. Source record.

Swamps

View, Dismal Swamp, North Carolina
WinterAtlantic Coastal Plain Streamhead Seepage Swamp - Pocosin - and Baygall; Central Interior and Appalachian Swamp Systems; Gulf and Atlantic Coastal Plain Swamp Systems; Atlantic Coastal Plain Nonriverine Swamp and Wet Hardwood Forest - Taxodium/Nyssa Modifier; Atlantic Coastal Plain Clay-Based Carolina Bay Forested Wetland; Southern Piedmont/Ridge and Valley Upland Depression SwampNamed place / source context. Great Dismal Swamp, North Carolina, as titled by Museum of Fine Arts Boston; nineteenth-century artistic interpretationView, Dismal Swamp, North Carolina, Regis Francois Gignoux, 1850. 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

Dry forests and woodlands

Forests and open woodlands on dry ridges and slopes, often oak or pine.

SummerWinterSouthern and Central Appalachian Oak Forest - Xeric; Central and Southern Appalachian Montane Oak Forest; Atlantic Coastal Plain Dry and Dry-Mesic Oak Forest; Southern Appalachian Montane Pine Forest and Woodland

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.

WinterAtlantic Coastal Plain Nonriverine Swamp and Wet Hardwood Forest - Oak Dominated Modifier

Maritime forests and thickets

Salt-pruned forests and shrub thickets behind coastal dunes.

WinterAtlantic Coastal Plain Central Maritime Forest

Moderately dry forests

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

SummerSouthern and Central Appalachian Oak Forest; Atlantic Coastal Plain Dry and Dry-Mesic Oak Forest

Moist forests

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

SummerWinterSouthern Piedmont Mesic Forest; Southern and Central Appalachian Cove Forest; Atlantic Coastal Plain Mesic Hardwood and Mixed Forest

Northern hardwood forests

High mountain forests of beech, yellow birch and sugar maple, including boulderfield forests.

SummerWinter

Pine savannas

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

WinterCentral Atlantic Coastal Plain Wet Longleaf Pine Savanna and Flatwoods

Pocosins and bay forests

Dense evergreen shrub wetlands and bay forests on wet, acid peat of the Coastal Plain.

WinterAtlantic Coastal Plain Peatland Pocosin; Atlantic Coastal Plain Streamhead Seepage Swamp - Pocosin - and Baygall

Seeps and springs

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

WinterAtlantic Coastal Plain Streamhead Seepage Swamp - Pocosin - 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 (95)

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

In North Carolina 1

  • Atlantic Coastal Plain Upland Longleaf Pine Woodland Summer.
Elsewhere in the South (52)
  • Atlantic Coastal Plain Southern Maritime Forest Winter.
  • Atlantic Coastal Plain Southern Wet Pine Savanna and Flatwoods Winter.
  • Central Florida Pine Flatwoods Winter.
  • East Gulf Coastal Plain Maritime Forest Winter.
  • East Gulf Coastal Plain Near-Coast Pine Flatwoods 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 Gulf Coastal Plain Southern Loblolly-Hardwood Flatwoods Winter.
  • East Gulf Coastal Plain Southern Loess Bluff Forest Winter.
  • East Gulf Coastal Plain Southern Mesic Slope 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.
  • Lower Mississippi River Flatwoods Winter.
  • Mississippi Delta Maritime Forest Winter.
  • Mississippi River Alluvial Plain Dry-Mesic Loess Slope Forest Winter.
  • Mississippi River Bottomland Depression Winter.
  • Mississippi River Low Floodplain (Bottomland) Forest Winter.
  • Mississippi River 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.
  • 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.
  • Southern Coastal Plain Blackwater River Floodplain Forest Winter.
  • Southern Coastal Plain Hydric Hammock Winter.
  • Southern Coastal Plain Nonriverine Basin Swamp Winter.
  • Southern Coastal Plain Nonriverine Cypress Dome Winter.
  • Southern Coastal Plain Seepage Swamp and Baygall Winter.
  • Southern Crowley's Ridge Mesic Loess Slope 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 (20)
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • East Gulf Coastal Plain Near-Coast Pine Flatwoods - Open Understory Modifier Winter.
  • East Gulf Coastal Plain Near-Coast Pine Flatwoods - Scrub/Shrub Understory Modifier Winter.
  • Laurentian-Acadian Floodplain Systems Summer.
  • Lower Mississippi River Bottomland Depressions - Forest Modifier Winter.
  • Mississippi River Floodplain and Riparian Forest Winter.
  • 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.
  • 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.

All habitats

Seasons in North Carolina

  • Year-round: nests here, in 4 of 100 counties.
  • Winter: does not nest here, in all 100 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 191

Plant genera in its diet records (46)
  • Ilex Fruit and seeds. 4 diet records. 14 native plants in North Carolina
  • Rhus Fruit and seeds. 4 diet records. 5 native plants in North Carolina
  • Smilax Fruit and seeds. 3 diet records. 14 native plants in North Carolina
  • Celtis Fruit and seeds. 2 diet records. 3 native plants in North Carolina
  • Cornus Fruit and seeds. 2 diet records. 0 native plants in North Carolina
  • Maianthemum Fruit and seeds. 2 diet records. 2 native plants in North Carolina
  • Morella Fruit and seeds. 2 diet records. 3 native plants in North Carolina
  • Sambucus Fruit and seeds. 2 diet records. 2 native plants in North Carolina
  • Solanum Fruit and seeds. 2 diet records. 2 native plants in North Carolina
  • Toxicodendron Fruit and seeds. 2 diet records. 3 native plants in North Carolina
  • Viburnum Fruit and seeds. 2 diet records. 8 native plants in North Carolina
  • Vitis Fruit and seeds. 2 diet records. 2 native plants in North Carolina
  • Acalypha Fruit and seeds. 1 diet record. 3 native plants in North Carolina
  • Amelanchier Fruit and seeds. 1 diet record. 7 native plants in North Carolina
  • Aralia Fruit and seeds. 1 diet record. 3 native plants in North Carolina
  • Aronia Fruit and seeds. 1 diet record. 3 native plants in North Carolina
  • Berchemia Fruit and seeds. 1 diet record. 1 native plant in North Carolina
  • Castanea Fruit and seeds. 1 diet record. 2 native plants in North Carolina
  • Celastrus Fruit and seeds. 1 diet record. 1 native plant in North Carolina
  • Claytonia Fruit and seeds. 1 diet record. 2 native plants in North Carolina
  • Crataegus Fruit and seeds. 1 diet record. 23 native plants in North Carolina
  • Euonymus Fruit and seeds. 1 diet record. 3 native plants in North Carolina
  • Ficus Fruit and seeds. 1 diet record. 0 native plants in North Carolina
  • Fragaria Fruit and seeds. 1 diet record. 2 native plants in North Carolina
  • Galium Fruit and seeds. 1 diet record. 11 native plants in North Carolina
  • Gaultheria Fruit and seeds. 1 diet record. 1 native plant in North Carolina
  • Gaylussacia Fruit and seeds. 1 diet record. 8 native plants in North Carolina
  • Juniperus Fruit and seeds. 1 diet record. 3 native plants in North Carolina
  • Lindera Fruit and seeds. 1 diet record. 3 native plants in North Carolina
  • Liquidambar Fruit and seeds. 1 diet record. 1 native plant in North Carolina
  • Lonicera Fruit and seeds. 1 diet record. 4 native plants in North Carolina
  • Malosma Fruit and seeds. 1 diet record. 0 native plants in North Carolina
  • Morus Fruit and seeds. 1 diet record. 1 native plant in North Carolina
  • Nyssa Fruit and seeds. 1 diet record. 3 native plants in North Carolina
  • Parthenocissus Fruit and seeds. 1 diet record. 2 native plants in North Carolina
  • Phoradendron Fruit and seeds. 1 diet record. 1 native plant in North Carolina
  • Phytolacca Fruit and seeds. 1 diet record. 2 native plants in North Carolina
  • Prunus Fruit and seeds. 1 diet record. 10 native plants in North Carolina
  • Rhamnus Fruit and seeds. 1 diet record. 0 native plants in North Carolina
  • Ribes Fruit and seeds. 1 diet record. 3 native plants in North Carolina
  • Rosa Fruit and seeds. 1 diet record. 1 native plant in North Carolina
  • Rubus Fruit and seeds. 1 diet record. 11 native plants in North Carolina
  • Sassafras Fruit and seeds. 1 diet record. 1 native plant in North Carolina
  • Schinus Fruit and seeds. 1 diet record. 0 native plants in North Carolina
  • Symphoricarpos Fruit and seeds. 1 diet record. 1 native plant in North Carolina
  • Vaccinium Fruit and seeds. 1 diet record. 16 native plants in North Carolina

Avian Diet Database (Hurlbert Lab), CC0 1.0.

Also found in its main habitats

Its main habitats in North Carolina, 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.

Hermit Thrush uses many habitats in North Carolina; these are its 3 most characteristic.

Dry forests and woodlands

Birds 54

Plants 217

All of dry forests and woodlands in North Carolina

Tree plantations and managed pine

Birds 32

Plants 2

All of tree plantations and managed pine in North Carolina

Disturbed and introduced wetlands

Birds 121

Plants 23

All of disturbed and introduced wetlands in North Carolina

USGS Gap Analysis Project habitat models.

Sources