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Veery

Catharus fuscescens

A summer resident that nests in North Carolina. Found in all 100 counties, across 14 habitats.

Here
Summer and on migration
Nesting
Nests here
Range
All 100 counties
Habitats
14

At a glance

Group
Birds
Here
Summer and on migration
Nesting
Nests here
Range
All 100 counties
Habitats
14
Habitat models
Summer

Where it lives

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

Habitats in North Carolina 14

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

1 of 14

Floodplain and bottomland forests

fallen (uprooted) tree
SummerSouth-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; 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.

Freshwater marshes

Georgia pond and emergent wetland
SummerCentral Interior and Appalachian Shrub-Herbaceous Wetland SystemsRegional / representative. Shown: Chattahoochee River National Recreation Area, Georgia; representative pond ecosystem, a neighboring state.Georgia pond and emergent wetland, Robert 'Bob' Hynes, 1997. Public domain. Source record.

Streams, rivers and their banks

Drawing, Autumn Landscape in North Carolina, 1865–70
SummerCentral 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
SummerCentral Interior and Appalachian Swamp Systems; 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.

Mountain bogs and fens

Wet, open, peaty mountain wetlands fed by seepage, often with sphagnum moss.

Summer

Wet meadows

Open, wet, grassy or sedgy ground that is not a bog.

SummerCentral Interior and Appalachian Shrub-Herbaceous Wetland Systems

Rich cove forests

Cove hardwood forest
SummerOnly within 250 m of water.Southern 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
SummerOnly within 250 m of water.Regional / 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.

Dry forests and woodlands

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

SummerOnly within 250 m of water.Central and Southern Appalachian Montane Oak Forest; Southern Appalachian Montane Pine Forest and Woodland; Southern Appalachian Low Mountain Pine 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

Moderately dry forests

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

SummerOnly within 250 m of water.Southern and Central Appalachian Oak Forest

Moist forests

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

SummerOnly within 250 m of water.Southern Piedmont Mesic Forest; Southern and Central Appalachian Cove Forest

Mountain balds

Treeless grassy or shrubby summits and ridges in the high mountains.

SummerOnly within 250 m of water.Southern Appalachian Grass and Shrub Bald - Shrub Modifier

Northern hardwood forests

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

SummerOnly within 250 m of water.
Other habitats in its models (25)

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

Elsewhere in the South (5)
  • Cumberland Riverscour Summer.
  • Mississippi River Low Floodplain (Bottomland) Forest Summer.
  • Mississippi River Riparian Forest Summer.
  • South-Central Interior Mesophytic Forest Summer, only within 250 m of water.
  • Southern Interior Low Plateau Dry-Mesic Oak Forest Summer, only within 250 m of water.
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 (10)
  • 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.
  • 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 - Herbaceous Modifier 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 North Carolina

  • Migratory: does not nest here, in 82 of 100 counties.
  • Summer: nests here, in 28 of 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 107

Plant genera in its diet records (22)
  • Cornus Fruit and seeds. 4 diet records. 0 native plants in North Carolina
  • Rhus Fruit and seeds. 4 diet records. 5 native plants in North Carolina
  • Prunus Fruit and seeds. 3 diet records. 10 native plants in North Carolina
  • Sambucus Fruit and seeds. 3 diet records. 2 native plants in North Carolina
  • Amelanchier Fruit and seeds. 2 diet records. 7 native plants in North Carolina
  • Celtis Fruit and seeds. 1 diet record. 3 native plants in North Carolina
  • Chaetochloa Seeds. 1 diet record. 0 native plants in North Carolina
  • Fragaria Fruit and seeds. 1 diet record. 2 native plants in North Carolina
  • Ilex Fruit and seeds. 1 diet record. 14 native plants in North Carolina
  • Lindera Fruit and seeds. 1 diet record. 3 native plants in North Carolina
  • Maianthemum Fruit and seeds. 1 diet record. 2 native plants 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
  • Phytolacca Fruit and seeds. 1 diet record. 2 native plants in North Carolina
  • Pyrus Fruit and seeds. 1 diet record. 0 native plants in North Carolina
  • Rubus Fruit and seeds. 1 diet record. 11 native plants in North Carolina
  • Smilax Fruit and seeds. 1 diet record. 14 native plants in North Carolina
  • Sorbus Fruit and seeds. 1 diet record. 1 native plant in North Carolina
  • Sporobolus Seeds. 1 diet record. 8 native plants in North Carolina
  • Symphoricarpos Fruit and seeds. 1 diet record. 1 native plant in North Carolina
  • Taxus 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.

Floodplain and bottomland forests

Birds 70

Plants 367

All of floodplain and bottomland forests in North Carolina

Dry forests and woodlands

Birds 53

Plants 217

All of dry forests and woodlands in North Carolina

Forest edges and thickets

Birds 40

Plants 231

All of forest edges and thickets in North Carolina

USGS Gap Analysis Project habitat models.

Sources