Bird
Northern Waterthrush
Seiurus noveboracensis
A summer resident that nests in Virginia. Found in all 133 counties and cities, across 7 habitats.
- Here
- Summer and on migration
- Nesting
- Nests here
- Range
- All 133 counties and cities
- Habitats
- 7

At a glance
- Group
- Birds
- Here
- Summer and on migration
- Nesting
- Nests here
- Range
- All 133 counties and cities
- Habitats
- 7
- Habitat models
- Winter
Where it lives
The places its habitat model includes. It is not found everywhere a habitat occurs.
Habitats in Virginia 7
Each habitat page lists the plants and wildlife also found there.



Depression ponds and limesinks
Shallow ponds in Coastal Plain depressions, such as limesinks and the ponds in some Carolina bays, that rise and fall with the seasons.
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.
Floodplain and bottomland forests
Forests on low ground beside rivers and streams that flood from time to time.
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.
Other habitats in its models (33)
Land cover, or classes with no habitat page in Virginia.
- Unconsolidated Shore (Lake/River/Pond) Winter.
- Unconsolidated Shore Winter.
- South Florida Hardwood Hammock Winter.
- Southwest Florida Coastal Strand and Maritime Hammock Winter.
- Southeast Florida Coastal Strand and Maritime Hammock Winter.
- Southern Coastal Plain Oak Dome and Hammock Winter.
- Southern Coastal Plain Nonriverine Basin Swamp - Okefenokee Taxodium Modifier Winter.
- Southern Coastal Plain Nonriverine Basin Swamp - Okefenokee Bay/Gum Modifier Winter.
- Southern Coastal Plain Nonriverine Basin Swamp - Okefenokee Pine Modifier Winter.
- Southern Coastal Plain Nonriverine Basin Swamp - Okefenokee Nupea Modifier Winter.
- Southern Coastal Plain Nonriverine Basin Swamp - Okefenokee Clethra Modifier Winter.
- Southern Coastal Plain Seepage Swamp and Baygall Winter.
- East Gulf Coastal Plain Tidal Wooded Swamp Winter.
- South Florida Mangrove Swamp Winter.
- South Florida Bayhead Swamp Winter.
- Southern Coastal Plain Nonriverine Basin Swamp Winter.
- Southern Coastal Plain Herbaceous Seepage Bog Winter.
- South Florida Cypress Dome Winter.
- Southern Coastal Plain Nonriverine Cypress Dome Winter.
- Central Florida Herbaceous Pondshore Winter.
- East Gulf Coastal Plain Southern Depression Pondshore Winter.
- East Gulf Coastal Plain Large River Floodplain Forest - Forest Modifier Winter.
- East Gulf Coastal Plain Large River Floodplain Forest - Herbaceous Modifier Winter.
- Southern Coastal Plain Hydric Hammock Winter.
- Atlantic Coastal Plain Small Blackwater River Floodplain Forest Winter.
- East Gulf Coastal Plain Small Stream and River Floodplain Forest Winter.
- Southern Coastal Plain Blackwater River Floodplain Forest Winter.
- East Gulf Coastal Plain Near-Coast Pine Flatwoods - Offsite Hardwood Modifier Winter, only within 120 m of water.
- East Gulf Coastal Plain Near-Coast Pine Flatwoods - Scrub/Shrub Understory Modifier Winter, only within 120 m of water.
- South Florida Pine Flatwoods Winter, only within 120 m of water.
- Atlantic Coastal Plain Southern Wet Pine Savanna and Flatwoods Winter.
- Central Florida Pine Flatwoods Winter, only within 120 m of water.
- East Gulf Coastal Plain Near-Coast Pine Flatwoods Winter, only within 120 m of water.
Seasons in Virginia
- Migratory: does not nest here, in 128 of 133 counties and cities.
- Summer: nests here, in 17 of 133 counties and cities.
Also found in this habitat
Plants 129
Plants named in NatureServe descriptions of these habitats that grow in Virginia. Shared habitat, not food.
- Climbing HempweedMikania scandens
- Savanna CowbaneOxypolis ternata
- Pond PinePinus serotina
- Marsh Mermaid-weedProserpinaca palustris
- Darlington OakQuercus hemisphaerica
- Overcup OakQuercus lyrata
- White BeaksedgeRhynchospora alba
- Feather-bristle BeaksedgeRhynchospora oligantha
- Swamp DewberryRubus hispidus
- Sun-facing ConeflowerRudbeckia heliopsidis
- Coastal Plain WillowSalix caroliniana
- Yellow PitcherplantSarracenia flava
- Purple PitcherplantSarracenia purpurea
- American ChaffseedSchwalbea americana
- Laurel GreenbrierSmilax laurifolia
- American Bur-reedSparganium americanum
- Small-leaved Meadow-rueThalictrum macrostylum
- Southern Marsh St. John's-wortTriadenum tubulosum
- American ElmUlmus americana
- Northern Highbush BlueberryVaccinium corymbosum
- CranberryVaccinium macrocarpon
- HoneycupZenobia pulverulenta
- Chinese PrivetLigustrum sinense
- Japanese HoneysuckleLonicera japonica
Wildlife 242
Other animals whose habitat models include the same habitats in Virginia. Not sighting records.
- American Black DuckAnas rubripes
- American CrowCorvus brachyrhynchos
- Belted KingfisherMegaceryle alcyon
- Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticorax
- Common GrackleQuiscalus quiscula
- Common NighthawkChordeiles minor
- Common YellowthroatGeothlypis trichas
- Cooper's HawkAccipiter cooperii
- Eastern KingbirdTyrannus tyrannus
- Fish CrowCorvus ossifragus
- Great Blue HeronArdea herodias
- Great EgretArdea alba
- Great Horned OwlBubo virginianus
- Green HeronButorides virescens
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Northern CardinalCardinalis cardinalis
- Northern ShovelerAnas clypeata
- Red-tailed HawkButeo jamaicensis
- Red-winged BlackbirdAgelaius phoeniceus
- Rusty BlackbirdEuphagus carolinus
- Sharp-shinned HawkAccipiter striatus
- Snowy EgretEgretta thula
- Song SparrowMelospiza melodia
- Spotted SandpiperActitis macularius
NatureServe Explorer, CC BY 4.0. USGS Gap Analysis Project habitat models.
Sources
- USGS Gap Analysis Project habitat models (2001)
- USGS GAP winter habitat model for Northern Waterthrush Elevation up to 2,000 m. Slow streams only
- 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)














































