Bird

Hermit Thrush

Catharus guttatus

Lives in West Virginia all year and nests here. Found in all 55 counties, across 11 habitats.

Here: All year
Nesting: Nests here
Range: All 55 counties
Habitats: 11

Adult Hermit Thrush, whole bird — **Adult**. (c) danygl, some rights reserved (CC BY). CC BY. iNaturalist photo 58782277. iNaturalist large derivative; no local crop or retouch.

At a glance

Group: Birds
Here: All year
Nesting: Nests here
Range: All 55 counties
Habitats: 11
Habitat models: Summer, Winter

Where it lives

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

Habitats in West Virginia 11

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

1 of 11

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; Central Appalachian Oak and Pine Forest; Central Appalachian Pine-Oak Rocky Woodland; Southern Appalachian Montane Pine Forest and Woodland

Floodplain and bottomland forests

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

WinterCentral Appalachian Floodplain - Forest Modifier; Central Appalachian Riparian - Forest Modifier; South-Central Interior Large Floodplain - Forest Modifier; Central Interior and Appalachian Floodplain Systems; Central Interior and Appalachian Riparian Systems; South-Central Interior Small Stream and Riparian

Hemlock forests

Shady, evergreen forests of eastern or Carolina hemlock, often along rocky mountain streams and in gorges.

SummerWinterAppalachian Hemlock-Hardwood Forest

Moderately dry forests

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

SummerNortheastern Interior Dry-Mesic Oak Forest; Southern and Central Appalachian Oak Forest

Moist forests

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

WinterSouthern and Central Appalachian Cove Forest; South-Central Interior Mesophytic Forest

Rich cove forests

Sheltered, moist mountain hollows and lower slopes with deep, fertile soil.

WinterSouthern and Central Appalachian Cove Forest

Spruce-fir forests

Cool, evergreen forests of red spruce and Fraser fir on the highest mountains.

SummerWinter

Streams, rivers and their banks

Flowing water and its banks, bars and rocky shoals.

WinterCentral Interior and Appalachian Riparian Systems; South-Central Interior Small Stream and Riparian

Swamps

Forested wetlands with standing water much of the year, such as cypress and gum swamps.

WinterCentral Interior and Appalachian Swamp Systems

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 (108)

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

Central and Southern Appalachian Northern Hardwood Forest Summer and winter.
Northeastern Interior Dry Oak Forest-Hardwood Modifier Summer.
Northeastern Interior Dry Oak Forest - Mixed Modifier Summer.
Laurentian-Acadian Northern Hardwoods Forest Summer.
Ozark-Ouachita Dry-Mesic Oak Forest Winter.
Southern Appalachian Northern Hardwood Forest Summer and winter.
Ouachita Montane Oak Forest Winter.
North-Central Interior Beech-Maple Forest Summer.
North-Central Interior Maple-Basswood Forest Summer.
East Gulf Coastal Plain Northern Loess Bluff Forest Winter.
East Gulf Coastal Plain Southern Loess Bluff Forest Winter.
South Florida Hardwood Hammock Winter.
Atlantic Coastal Plain Dry and Dry-Mesic Oak Forest Summer.
Mississippi River Alluvial Plain Dry-Mesic Loess Slope Forest Winter.
East-Central Texas Plains Post Oak Savanna and Woodland Winter.
East-Central Texas Plains Riparian Forest Winter.
East-Central Texas Plains Floodplain Forest Winter.
Ozark-Ouachita Dry Oak Woodland Winter.
East Gulf Coastal Plain Maritime Forest Winter.
Mississippi Delta Maritime Forest Winter.
Boreal Aspen-Birch Forest Summer.
Southern Piedmont Mesic Forest Winter.
Southern Crowley's Ridge Mesic Loess Slope Forest Winter.
West Gulf Coastal Plain Mesic Hardwood Forest Winter.
East Gulf Coastal Plain Northern Mesic Hardwood Forest Winter.
Ozark-Ouachita Mesic Hardwood Forest Winter.
East Gulf Coastal Plain Southern Mesic Slope Forest Winter.
Atlantic Coastal Plain Central Maritime Forest Winter.
Atlantic Coastal Plain Northern Maritime Forest Winter.
Atlantic Coastal Plain Southern Maritime Forest Winter.
Northeastern Interior Dry Oak Forest - Virginia/Pitch Pine Modifier Summer.
West Gulf Coastal Plain Upland Longleaf Pine Forest and Woodland Winter.
Laurentian-Acadian Northern Pine-(Oak) Forest Summer.
Boreal White Spruce-Fir-Hardwood Forest Summer.
Laurentian-Acadian Pine-Hemlock-Hardwood Forest Summer.
Ozark-Ouachita Shortleaf Pine-Oak Forest and Woodland Winter.
West Gulf Coastal Plain Pine-Hardwood Forest Winter.
Acadian Low-Elevation Spruce-Fir-Hardwood Forest Summer.
Southern Ridge and Valley Dry Calcareous Forest Summer.
West Gulf Coastal Plain Sandhill Oak and Shortleaf Pine Forest and Woodland Winter.
Atlantic Coastal Plain Mesic Hardwood and Mixed Forest Summer and winter.
Boreal Jack Pine-Black Spruce Forest Summer.
Atlantic Coastal Plain Upland Longleaf Pine Woodland Summer.
Northeastern Interior Pine Barrens Summer.
East-Central Texas Plains Pine Forest and Woodland Winter.
Laurentian Jack Pine-Red Pine Forest Summer.
Ozark-Ouachita Shortleaf Pine-Bluestem Woodland Winter.
Acadian-Appalachian Montane Spruce-Fir Forest Summer.
Central Appalachian Alkaline Glade and Woodland Summer.
West Gulf Coastal Plain Catahoula Barrens 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 Clethra Modifier Winter.
Atlantic Coastal Plain Peatland Pocosin Winter.
Southern Coastal Plain Seepage Swamp and Baygall Winter.
West Gulf Coastal Plain Seepage Swamp and Baygall Winter.
Atlantic Coastal Plain Streamhead Seepage Swamp - Pocosin - and Baygall Winter.
Gulf and Atlantic Coastal Plain Swamp Systems Winter.
West Gulf Coastal Plain Near-Coast Large River Swamp Winter.
Southern Coastal Plain Nonriverine Basin Swamp Winter.
Atlantic Coastal Plain Nonriverine Swamp and Wet Hardwood Forest - Taxodium/Nyssa Modifier Winter.
Atlantic Coastal Plain Nonriverine Swamp and Wet Hardwood Forest - Oak Dominated Modifier Winter.
Atlantic Coastal Plain Clay-Based Carolina Bay Forested Wetland Winter.
Lower Mississippi River Bottomland Depressions - Forest Modifier Winter.
South Florida Cypress Dome Winter.
Southern Coastal Plain Nonriverine Cypress Dome Winter.
Southern Piedmont/Ridge and Valley Upland Depression Swamp Winter.
Mississippi River Bottomland Depression Winter.
Atlantic Coastal Plain Blackwater Stream Floodplain Forest - Forest Modifier Winter.
East Gulf Coastal Plain Large River Floodplain Forest - Forest Modifier Winter.
Southern Piedmont Large Floodplain Forest - Forest Modifier Winter.
Eastern Boreal Floodplain Summer.
Laurentian-Acadian Floodplain Systems Summer.
North American Warm Desert Wash Winter.
Mississippi River Riparian Forest Winter.
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.
Mississippi River Low Floodplain (Bottomland) Forest Winter.
Southern Coastal Plain Hydric Hammock Winter.
West Gulf Coastal Plain Large River Floodplain Forest Winter.
Southern Piedmont Small Floodplain and Riparian Forest Winter.
Atlantic Coastal Plain Small Brownwater River Floodplain Forest Winter.
Atlantic Coastal Plain Small Blackwater River Floodplain Forest Winter.
Red River Large Floodplain Forest Winter.
Atlantic Coastal Plain Brownwater Stream Floodplain Forest Winter.
East Gulf Coastal Plain Small Stream and River Floodplain Forest Winter.
Southern Coastal Plain Blackwater River Floodplain Forest Winter.
Mississippi River Floodplain and Riparian Forest Winter.
North American Warm Desert Riparian Systems Winter.
Ozark-Ouachita Riparian Winter.
East Gulf Coastal Plain Jackson Plain Dry Flatwoods - Open Understory 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.
South Florida Pine Flatwoods Winter.
Central Atlantic Coastal Plain Wet Longleaf Pine Savanna and Flatwoods Winter.
Atlantic Coastal Plain Southern Wet Pine Savanna and Flatwoods Winter.
West Gulf Coastal Plain Wet Longleaf Pine Savanna and Flatwoods Winter.
Central Florida Pine Flatwoods Winter.
East Gulf Coastal Plain Near-Coast Pine Flatwoods Winter.
East Gulf Coastal Plain Southern Loblolly-Hardwood Flatwoods Winter.
South-Central Interior / Upper Coastal Plain Wet Flatwoods Winter.
West Gulf Coastal Plain Pine-Hardwood Flatwoods Winter.
North-Central Interior Wet Flatwoods Summer.
Lower Mississippi River Flatwoods Winter.
West Gulf Coastal Plain Nonriverine Wet Hardwood Flatwoods Winter.