Bird
Veery
Catharus fuscescens
A summer resident that nests in West Virginia. Found in all 55 counties, across 11 habitats.
- Here
- Summer and on migration
- Nesting
- Nests here
- Range
- All 55 counties
- Habitats
- 11
At a glance
- Group
- Birds
- Here
- Summer and on migration
- Nesting
- Nests here
- Range
- All 55 counties
- Habitats
- 11
- Habitat models
- Summer
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.
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Floodplain and bottomland forests
Forests on low ground beside rivers and streams that flood from time to time.
Streams, rivers and their banks
Flowing water and its banks, bars and rocky shoals.
Forests and open woodlands on dry ridges and slopes, often oak or pine.
Shady, evergreen forests of eastern or Carolina hemlock, often along rocky mountain streams and in gorges.
Forests between dry and moist, often oak-hickory on slopes.
Treeless grassy or shrubby summits and ridges in the high mountains.
Sheltered, moist mountain hollows and lower slopes with deep, fertile soil.
Cool, evergreen forests of red spruce and Fraser fir on the highest mountains.
Other habitats in its models (25)
Land cover, or classes with no habitat page in West Virginia. Those recorded in West Virginia first, the rest by region.
Elsewhere in the South (8)
- Central and Southern Appalachian Northern Hardwood Forest Summer, only within 250 m of water.
- Mississippi River Low Floodplain (Bottomland) Forest Summer.
- Mississippi River Riparian Forest Summer.
- Southern and Central Appalachian Bog and Fen Summer.
- Southern Appalachian Low Mountain Pine Forest Summer, only within 250 m of water.
- Southern Interior Low Plateau Dry-Mesic Oak Forest Summer, only within 250 m of water.
- Southern Piedmont Mesic Forest Summer, only within 250 m of water.
- Southern Piedmont Small Floodplain and Riparian Forest Summer.
Northeast (4)
- Acadian Low-Elevation Spruce-Fir-Hardwood Forest Summer, only within 250 m of water.
- North-Central Interior Wet Flatwoods Summer.
- 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 - Pine Modifier Summer, only within 250 m of water.
- Central Interior and Appalachian Shrub-Herbaceous Wetland Systems 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 Piedmont Large Floodplain Forest - Forest Modifier Summer.
- Southern Piedmont/Ridge and Valley Upland Depression Swamp Summer.
- Southern Ridge and Valley Dry Calcareous Forest - Pine modifier Summer, only within 250 m of water.
- Western Great Plains Depressional Wetland Systems Summer.
Seasons in West Virginia
- Migratory: does not nest here, in 34 of 55 counties.
- Summer: nests here, in 35 of 55 counties.
Also found in this habitat
Plants 734
Plants named in NatureServe descriptions of these habitats that grow in West Virginia. Shared habitat, not food.
- Summer SedgeCarex aestivalis
- Pignut HickoryCarya glabra
- Shagbark HickoryCarya ovata
- Glade SpurgeEuphorbia purpurea
- Canada Wood-nettleLaportea canadensis
- Northern SpicebushLindera benzoin
- Canada MayflowerMaianthemum canadense
- American GinsengPanax quinquefolius
- Virginia CreeperParthenocissus quinquefolia
- Catawba RhododendronRhododendron catawbiense
- American BasswoodTilia americana
- Poison-ivyToxicodendron radicans
- Mountain MapleAcer spicatum
- White MonkshoodAconitum reclinatum
- Black CohoshActaea racemosa
- White SnakerootAgeratina altissima
- American Hog-peanutAmphicarpaea bracteata
- Great Indian-plantainArnoglossum reniforme
- Pretty SedgeCarex woodii
- American HornbeamCarpinus caroliniana
- Red HickoryCarya ovalis
- American ChestnutCastanea dentata
- Common Blue CohoshCaulophyllum thalictroides
- Eastern RedbudCercis canadensis
Wildlife 180
Other animals whose habitat models include the same habitats in West Virginia. Not sighting records.
- American GoldfinchCarduelis tristis
- American RobinTurdus migratorius
- Blue JayCyanocitta cristata
- Common NighthawkChordeiles minor
- Common RavenCorvus corax
- Cooper's HawkAccipiter cooperii
- European StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Fox SparrowPasserella iliaca
- Great Horned OwlBubo virginianus
- Northern CardinalCardinalis cardinalis
- Purple FinchCarpodacus purpureus
- Red-tailed HawkButeo jamaicensis
- Ruby-crowned KingletRegulus calendula
- Sharp-shinned HawkAccipiter striatus
- Turkey VultureCathartes aura
- Yellow-rumped WarblerDendroica coronata
- Alder FlycatcherEmpidonax alnorum
- American CrowCorvus brachyrhynchos
- American KestrelFalco sparverius
- Belted KingfisherMegaceryle alcyon
- Black-and-White WarblerMniotilta varia
- Blue GrosbeakPasserina caerulea
- Cedar WaxwingBombycilla cedrorum
- Chimney SwiftChaetura pelagica
NatureServe Explorer, CC BY 4.0. USGS Gap Analysis Project habitat models.
Sources
- USGS Gap Analysis Project habitat models (2001)
- USGS GAP summer habitat model for Veery Elevation 1,066 m to 2,500 m
- 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)