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Louisiana Waterthrush

Seiurus motacilla

Names as given by USGS GAP.

Summer in Virginia, breeding, in the USGS range maps. Its habitat models include 9 habitats found here.

Seasons here
Summer
Breeding
Breeding
Range
133 of 133 counties
Habitats
9

At a glance

Group
Birds
Seasons in Virginia
Summer
Breeding
Breeding
Counties in known range
133 of 133
Habitat models
Summer

Where it lives

Southeast habitat models (USGS, 2001 land cover). The bird is not in every place a habitat occurs. USGS Gap Analysis Project habitat models Summer model

Habitats in Virginia 9

Each habitat page lists the plants and wildlife also found there. Shared habitat, not food.

1 of 9

Streams, rivers and their banks

Watauga Falls
SummerCentral Interior and Appalachian Riparian Systems; South-Central Interior Small Stream and RiparianNamed place / source context. Shown: Watauga Falls, North Carolina, a neighboring state.Watauga Falls, Illustrator/engraver not confidently attributed; reproduced in Zeigler and Grosscup, The Heart of the Alleghanies (1883), 1883. Public domain. Source record.

Swamps

View, Dismal Swamp, North Carolina
SummerCentral Interior and Appalachian Swamp Systems; Northern Atlantic Coastal Plain Basin Swamp and Wet Hardwood Forest; Atlantic Coastal Plain Nonriverine Swamp and Wet Hardwood Forest - Taxodium/Nyssa ModifierNamed place / source context. Shown: Great Dismal Swamp, North Carolina, as titled by Museum of Fine Arts Boston; nineteenth-century artistic interpretation, a neighboring state.View, Dismal Swamp, North Carolina, Regis Francois Gignoux, 1850. Public domain. Source record.

Floodplain and bottomland forests

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

SummerAtlantic Coastal Plain Blackwater Stream Floodplain Forest - Forest Modifier; Central Appalachian Floodplain - Forest Modifier; Central Appalachian Riparian - 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 Brownwater Stream Floodplain Forest; South-Central Interior Small Stream and Riparian; South-Central Interior Large Floodplain

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.

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

Hemlock forests

Hemlock forest / rocky mountain stream
Summer. Only within 60 m of waterAppalachian Hemlock-Hardwood ForestRegional / representative. Shown: Great Smoky Mountains National Park, North Carolina and Tennessee; representative habitat composite, not a documented exact viewpoint, a neighboring state.Hemlock forest / rocky mountain stream, Hynes, Robert 'Bob', by 2012. Public domain. Source record.

Moist forests

Shortia beneath rhododendrons in mountain woodland
Summer. Only within 60 m of waterSouthern Piedmont Mesic Forest; Southern and Central Appalachian Cove Forest; South-Central Interior Mesophytic Forest; Atlantic Coastal Plain Mesic Hardwood and Mixed ForestRegional / representative. Shown: Mountains of North and South Carolina; exact site not identified, a neighboring state.Shortia beneath rhododendrons in mountain woodland, Marian Ellis Rowan, 1901. Public domain. Source record.

Northern hardwood forests

Frozen northern hardwood forest, Baxter Creek Trail
Summer. Only within 60 m of waterNorthern hardwood forest in winter. Shown: Baxter Creek Trail near Mount Sterling, Haywood County, North Carolina, a neighboring state.Frozen northern hardwood forest, Baxter Creek Trail, Brian Stansberry, undated. CC BY 3.0. Source record.

Rich cove forests

Cove hardwood forest
Summer. Only within 60 m of waterSouthern and Central Appalachian Cove ForestRegional / representative. Shown: Great Smoky Mountains National Park, North Carolina and Tennessee; representative habitat composite, not a documented exact viewpoint, a neighboring state.Cove hardwood 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.

Summer. Only within 60 m of waterCentral and Southern Appalachian Montane Oak Forest
Other habitats in its models (30)

Land cover, or classes with no habitat page in Virginia.

  • Ozark-Ouachita Dry-Mesic Oak Forest Summer. Only within 60 m of water
  • Ouachita Montane Oak Forest Summer. Only within 60 m of water
  • North-Central Interior Maple-Basswood Forest Summer. Only within 60 m of water
  • East Gulf Coastal Plain Northern Loess Bluff Forest Summer. Only within 60 m of water
  • East Gulf Coastal Plain Southern Loess Bluff Forest Summer. Only within 60 m of water
  • East-Central Texas Plains Riparian Forest Summer
  • East-Central Texas Plains Floodplain Forest Summer
  • West Gulf Coastal Plain Mesic Hardwood Forest Summer. Only within 60 m of water
  • East Gulf Coastal Plain Northern Mesic Hardwood Forest Summer. Only within 60 m of water
  • Ozark-Ouachita Mesic Hardwood Forest Summer. Only within 60 m of water
  • East Gulf Coastal Plain Southern Mesic Slope Forest Summer. Only within 60 m of water
  • Southern Coastal Plain Nonriverine Basin Swamp - Okefenokee Taxodium Modifier Summer
  • West Gulf Coastal Plain Seepage Swamp and Baygall Summer
  • Lower Mississippi River Bottomland Depressions - Forest Modifier Summer
  • South Florida Cypress Dome Summer
  • Mississippi River Bottomland Depression Summer
  • East Gulf Coastal Plain Large River Floodplain Forest - Forest Modifier Summer
  • Mississippi River Riparian Forest Summer
  • Mississippi River Low Floodplain (Bottomland) Forest Summer
  • Southern Coastal Plain Hydric Hammock Summer
  • West Gulf Coastal Plain Small Stream and River Forest Summer
  • West Gulf Coastal Plain Large River Floodplain Forest Summer
  • Atlantic Coastal Plain Small Blackwater River Floodplain Forest Summer
  • Red River Large Floodplain Forest Summer
  • East Gulf Coastal Plain Small Stream and River Floodplain Forest Summer
  • Southern Coastal Plain Blackwater River Floodplain Forest Summer
  • Mississippi River Floodplain and Riparian Forest Summer
  • Ozark-Ouachita Riparian Summer
  • North-Central Interior Wet Flatwoods Summer
  • Lower Mississippi River Flatwoods Summer. Only within 60 m of water

Model settings

Settings in the USGS model, not field measurements.

Habitat names: NatureServe Explorer, CC BY 4.0.

Seasons in Virginia

Modeled range from USGS maps (2001), by watershed. Not sighting records. Migratory gives no dates. USGS Gap Analysis Project range maps

  • Summer. Breeding. Range includes 133 of 133 counties and cities

Also found in this habitat

Plants 749

Plants named in NatureServe descriptions of these habitats that grow in Virginia. Shared habitat, not food.

Wildlife 183

Other animals whose habitat models include the same habitats in Virginia. Not sighting records.

NatureServe Explorer, CC BY 4.0. USGS Gap Analysis Project habitat models.

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