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.
1 of 11
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.
Food plants
Diet records by plant genus, from studies across North America. Not a record from this state. Plants matched by genus.
Native plants in these genera 96
- Flowering DogwoodCornus florida
- Dwarf DogwoodCornus canadensis
- Round Leaf DogwoodCornus rugosa
- Silky DogwoodCornus obliqua
- Gray DogwoodCornus racemosa
- Smooth SumacRhus glabra
- Winged SumacRhus copallinum
- Eastern Winged SumacRhus copallinum var. latifolia
- Staghorn SumacRhus typhina
- Fragrant SumacRhus aromatica
- Fragrant Sumac; Squawbush; Squaw BushRhus aromatica var. aromatica
- American PlumPrunus americana
- Black CherryPrunus serotina
- Black CherryPrunus serotina var. serotina
- Canada PlumPrunus nigra
- Chickasaw PlumPrunus angustifolia
- Choke CherryPrunus virginiana
- ChokecherryPrunus virginiana var. virginiana
- Fire CherryPrunus pensylvanica
- Hog PlumPrunus umbellata
- Sand CherryPrunus pumila
- Common ElderberrySambucus nigra subsp. canadensis
- Red ElderberrySambucus racemosa
Plant genera in its diet records (22)
- Cornus Fruit and seeds. 4 diet records. 5 native plants in West Virginia
- Rhus Fruit and seeds. 4 diet records. 7 native plants in West Virginia
- Prunus Fruit and seeds. 3 diet records. 10 native plants in West Virginia
- Sambucus Fruit and seeds. 3 diet records. 3 native plants in West Virginia
- Amelanchier Fruit and seeds. 2 diet records. 6 native plants in West Virginia
- Celtis Fruit and seeds. 1 diet record. 3 native plants in West Virginia
- Chaetochloa Seeds. 1 diet record. 0 native plants in West Virginia
- Fragaria Fruit and seeds. 1 diet record. 2 native plants in West Virginia
- Ilex Fruit and seeds. 1 diet record. 6 native plants in West Virginia
- Lindera Fruit and seeds. 1 diet record. 1 native plant in West Virginia
- Maianthemum Fruit and seeds. 1 diet record. 4 native plants in West Virginia
- Nyssa Fruit and seeds. 1 diet record. 1 native plant in West Virginia
- Parthenocissus Fruit and seeds. 1 diet record. 2 native plants in West Virginia
- Phytolacca Fruit and seeds. 1 diet record. 2 native plants in West Virginia
- Pyrus Fruit and seeds. 1 diet record. 0 native plants in West Virginia
- Rubus Fruit and seeds. 1 diet record. 17 native plants in West Virginia
- Smilax Fruit and seeds. 1 diet record. 7 native plants in West Virginia
- Sorbus Fruit and seeds. 1 diet record. 1 native plant in West Virginia
- Sporobolus Seeds. 1 diet record. 6 native plants in West Virginia
- Symphoricarpos Fruit and seeds. 1 diet record. 3 native plants in West Virginia
- Taxus Fruit and seeds. 1 diet record. 1 native plant in West Virginia
- Vaccinium Fruit and seeds. 1 diet record. 9 native plants in West Virginia
Also found in its main habitats
Its main habitats in West Virginia, by how much of its habitat model each one is, with the birds most characteristic of each and the plants that grow wild there. Shared habitat, not food.
Floodplain and bottomland forests
Birds 103
- Blue-winged TealAnas discors
- CanvasbackAythya valisineria
- GadwallAnas strepera
- Least BitternIxobrychus exilis
- Marsh WrenCistothorus palustris
- Ruddy DuckOxyura jamaicensis
- Snowy EgretEgretta thula
- American PipitAnthus rubescens
- SoraPorzana carolina
- Lincoln's SparrowMelospiza lincolnii
- Snowy OwlBubo scandiacus
- Virginia RailRallus limicola
Plants 303
- Peach Leaf WillowSalix amygdaloides
- White Panicled Aster; Eastern Lined AsterSymphyotrichum lanceolatum var. latifolium
- Rudbeckia fulgida var. spathulataRudbeckia fulgida var. spathulata
- Shagbark HickoryCarya ovata
- Spreading SedgeCarex laxiculmis
- Blunt Broom SedgeCarex tribuloides
- Mountain SilverbellHalesia carolina
- Smooth Hedge-nettleStachys tenuifolia
- Common Cup-plantSilphium perfoliatum
- Camphor PlucheaPluchea camphorata
- Virginia Cup-plantSilphium perfoliatum var. connatum
- Heartleaf NettleUrtica chamaedryoides
Dry forests and woodlands
Birds 88
- Pine WarblerDendroica pinus
- Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostra
- Northern BobwhiteColinus virginianus
- White-winged CrossbillLoxia leucoptera
- Yellow-throated WarblerDendroica dominica
- Prairie WarblerDendroica discolor
- Black-throated Green WarblerDendroica virens
- Blackburnian WarblerDendroica fusca
- Red-breasted NuthatchSitta canadensis
- White-crowned SparrowZonotrichia leucophrys
- American Tree SparrowSpizella arborea
- Barred OwlStrix varia
Plants 192
- Eastern Winged SumacRhus copallinum var. latifolia
- American ChestnutCastanea dentata
- Godfrey's ThoroughwortEupatorium godfreyanum
- White ThoroughwortEupatorium album
- McCree's MilkpeaGalactia volubilis
- Leavenworth's SedgeCarex leavenworthii
- Southern LoosestrifeLysimachia tonsa
- Carolina LilyLilium michauxii
- Tall BellflowerCampanulastrum americanum
- Perfoliate BellwortUvularia perfoliata
- Green Pyrola, Green-flowered WintergreenPyrola chlorantha
- BeechdropsEpifagus virginiana
Streams, rivers and their banks
Birds 99
- KilldeerCharadrius vociferus
- Lesser ScaupAythya affinis
- Little Blue HeronEgretta caerulea
- Marsh WrenCistothorus palustris
- SoraPorzana carolina
- Golden EagleAquila chrysaetos
- Lark SparrowChondestes grammacus
- Lincoln's SparrowMelospiza lincolnii
- Ring-billed GullLarus delawarensis
- Virginia RailRallus limicola
- Willow FlycatcherEmpidonax traillii
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
Plants 232
- Sandbar WillowSalix interior
- Primrose-leaf VioletViola primulifolia
- Sand GrapeVitis rupestris
- Tall Blue Wild IndigoBaptisia australis
- Twisted SedgeCarex torta
- Earlyleaf BromeBromus latiglumis
- Greenfruit Bur-reedSparganium emersum var. acaule
- Ferris Scouring RushEquisetum × ferrissii
- Ozark Tassel-rueTrautvetteria applanata
- Virginia Sida; Virginia Mallow; Virginia FanpetalsRipariosida hermaphrodita
- Coastal Plain WillowSalix caroliniana
- Grass-leaved Flat-top GoldenrodEuthamia graminifolia
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)
- Avian Diet Database (Hurlbert Lab) (CC0 1.0), diet records by plant genus