States
North CarolinaTennesseeGeorgiaSouth CarolinaKentuckyAlabamaFloridaVirginia
Menu

Bird

Veery

Catharus fuscescens

Names as given by USGS GAP.

Migratory and summer in Virginia, breeding, in the USGS range maps. Its habitat models include 13 habitats found here.

Seasons here
Migratory and summer
Breeding
Breeding
Range
95 of 133 counties
Habitats
13

At a glance

Group
Birds
Seasons in Virginia
Migratory and summer
Breeding
Breeding
Counties in known range
95 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 13

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

1 of 13

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; Southern Piedmont/Ridge and Valley Upland Depression SwampNamed 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.

SummerCentral 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; South-Central Interior Small Stream and Riparian

Mountain bogs and fens

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

Summer

Forest edges and thickets

Wooded scene looking out over partially open fields
SummerOnly within 250 m of waterDisturbed/Successional - Shrub Regeneration; Harvested Forest - Shrub RegenerationNamed place / source context. Shown: Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Military Park, Georgia and Tennessee; which part is not recorded, a neighboring state.Wooded scene looking out over partially open fields, Richard Schlecht, undated. Public domain. Source record.

Hemlock forests

Hemlock forest / rocky mountain stream
SummerOnly within 250 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
SummerOnly within 250 m of waterSouthern Piedmont Mesic Forest; Southern and Central Appalachian Cove Forest; South-Central Interior Mesophytic 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.

Mountain balds

Andrews Bald, Forney Ridge Trail, July 2020
SummerOnly within 250 m of waterSouthern Appalachian Grass and Shrub Bald - Shrub ModifierGrassy mountain bald with shrub islands. Shown: Andrews Bald, Forney Ridge Trail, Swain County, North Carolina, a neighboring state.Andrews Bald, Forney Ridge Trail, July 2020, Andrea Walton / Great Smoky Mountains National Park, July 2020. Public domain. Source record.

Northern hardwood forests

Frozen northern hardwood forest, Baxter Creek Trail
SummerOnly within 250 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
SummerOnly within 250 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.

Spruce-fir forests

Spruce-fir forest
SummerOnly within 250 m of waterRegional / representative. Shown: Great Smoky Mountains National Park, North Carolina and Tennessee; representative habitat composite, not a documented exact viewpoint, a neighboring state.Spruce-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 waterAllegheny-Cumberland Dry Oak Forest and Woodland - Hardwood; Central and Southern Appalachian Montane Oak Forest; Northern Atlantic Coastal Plain Dry Hardwood Forest; Central Appalachian Oak and Pine Forest; Southern Appalachian Montane Pine Forest and Woodland; Southern Appalachian Low Mountain Pine Forest

Moderately dry forests

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

SummerOnly within 250 m of waterNortheastern Interior Dry-Mesic Oak Forest; Southern and Central Appalachian Oak Forest
Other habitats in its models (17)

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

  • Northeastern Interior Dry Oak Forest-Hardwood Modifier Summer. Only within 250 m of water
  • Northeastern Interior Dry Oak Forest - Mixed Modifier Summer. Only within 250 m of water
  • Southern Interior Low Plateau Dry-Mesic Oak 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 Beech-Maple Forest Summer. Only within 250 m of water
  • North-Central Interior Maple-Basswood Forest Summer. Only within 250 m of water
  • Northeastern Interior Dry Oak Forest - Virginia/Pitch Pine Modifier Summer. Only within 250 m of water
  • Allegheny-Cumberland Dry Oak Forest and Woodland - Pine Modifier Summer. Only within 250 m of water
  • Southern Ridge and Valley Dry Calcareous Forest - Pine modifier Summer. Only within 250 m of water
  • Acadian Low-Elevation Spruce-Fir-Hardwood Forest Summer. Only within 250 m of water
  • Central Interior and Appalachian Shrub-Herbaceous Wetland Systems Summer
  • Western Great Plains Depressional Wetland Systems Summer
  • South-Central Interior Large Floodplain - Herbaceous Modifier Summer
  • Mississippi River Riparian Forest Summer
  • Cumberland Riverscour Summer
  • Mississippi River Low Floodplain (Bottomland) Forest Summer
  • North-Central Interior Wet Flatwoods Summer

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

  • Migratory. Nonbreeding. Range includes 95 of 133 counties and cities
  • Summer. Breeding. Range includes 62 of 133 counties and cities

Also found in this habitat

Plants 844

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

Wildlife 197

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.

Sources