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Wood Thrush

Hylocichla mustelina

A summer resident that nests in West Virginia. Found in all 55 counties, across 10 habitats.

Here
Summer
Nesting
Nests here
Range
All 55 counties
Habitats
10

At a glance

Group
Birds
Here
Summer
Nesting
Nests here
Range
All 55 counties
Habitats
10
Habitat models
Summer

Where it lives

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

Habitats in West Virginia 10

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

1 of 10

Moist forests

Woods Scene
SummerSouthern and Central Appalachian Cove Forest; South-Central Interior Mesophytic ForestHarvey Joiner, Woods Scene: tall beeches in a moist Kentucky woodland, light falling through a closed canopy onto a damp forest floor. Regional view: the painting does not name the exact site. Shown: Kentucky beech woods (Harvey Joiner, Louisville painter of Kentucky beech forests; the painting does not name the site), a neighboring state.Woods Scene, Harvey Joiner, c. 1880-1920. Public domain. Source record.

Swamps

The Chickahominy Swamp LCCN2004661405
SummerCentral Interior and Appalachian Swamp SystemsWilliam McIlvaine, The Chickahominy Swamp (1862): wind-tossed swamp trees standing in dark water under a storm. Shown: Chickahominy Swamp, Virginia, a neighboring state.The Chickahominy Swamp LCCN2004661405, William McIlvaine (1813-1867), 1862. Public domain. Source record.

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.

Summer

Dry forests and woodlands

Forests and open woodlands on dry ridges and slopes, often oak or pine.

SummerSouthern and Central Appalachian Oak Forest - Xeric; Allegheny-Cumberland Dry Oak Forest and Woodland - Hardwood; Central Appalachian Oak and Pine Forest; Central Appalachian Pine-Oak Rocky Woodland

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

Hemlock forests

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

SummerAppalachian 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

Mountain balds

Treeless grassy or shrubby summits and ridges in the high mountains.

SummerSouthern Appalachian Grass and Shrub Bald - Shrub Modifier

Rich cove forests

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

SummerSouthern and Central Appalachian Cove Forest

Streams, rivers and their banks

Flowing water and its banks, bars and rocky shoals.

SummerCentral Interior and Appalachian Riparian Systems; South-Central Interior Small Stream and Riparian
Other habitats in its models (90)

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 (51)
  • Atlantic Coastal Plain Brownwater Stream Floodplain Forest Summer.
  • Atlantic Coastal Plain Dry and Dry-Mesic Oak Forest Summer.
  • Atlantic Coastal Plain Mesic Hardwood and Mixed Forest Summer.
  • Atlantic Coastal Plain Peatland Pocosin Summer.
  • Atlantic Coastal Plain Small Blackwater River Floodplain Forest Summer.
  • Atlantic Coastal Plain Small Brownwater River Floodplain Forest Summer.
  • Atlantic Coastal Plain Southern Wet Pine Savanna and Flatwoods Summer.
  • Central and South Texas Coastal Fringe Forest and Woodland Summer.
  • Central and Southern Appalachian Northern Hardwood Forest Summer.
  • Central Atlantic Coastal Plain Wet Longleaf Pine Savanna and Flatwoods Summer.
  • Central Interior Highlands Calcareous Glade and Barrens Summer.
  • Central Interior Highlands Dry Acidic Glade and Barrens Summer.
  • Crosstimbers Oak Forest and Woodland Summer.
  • East Gulf Coastal Plain Limestone Forest Summer.
  • East Gulf Coastal Plain Near-Coast Pine Flatwoods Summer.
  • East Gulf Coastal Plain Northern Dry Upland Hardwood Forest Summer.
  • East Gulf Coastal Plain Northern Loess Bluff Forest Summer.
  • East Gulf Coastal Plain Northern Mesic Hardwood Forest Summer.
  • East Gulf Coastal Plain Small Stream and River Floodplain Forest Summer.
  • East Gulf Coastal Plain Southern Loblolly-Hardwood Flatwoods Summer.
  • East Gulf Coastal Plain Southern Loess Bluff Forest Summer.
  • East Gulf Coastal Plain Southern Mesic Slope Forest Summer.
  • East-Central Texas Plains Post Oak Savanna and Woodland Summer.
  • East-Central Texas Plains Riparian Forest Summer.
  • Lower Mississippi River Flatwoods Summer.
  • Mississippi River Alluvial Plain Dry-Mesic Loess Slope Forest Summer.
  • Mississippi River Bottomland Depression Summer.
  • Mississippi River Low Floodplain (Bottomland) Forest Summer.
  • Mississippi River Riparian Forest Summer.
  • Northern Crowley's Ridge Sand Forest Summer.
  • Ozark-Ouachita Dry Oak Woodland Summer.
  • Ozark-Ouachita Dry-Mesic Oak Forest Summer.
  • Ozark-Ouachita Mesic Hardwood Forest Summer.
  • Ozark-Ouachita Riparian Summer.
  • Red River Large Floodplain Forest Summer.
  • South-Central Interior / Upper Coastal Plain Wet Flatwoods Summer.
  • Southern Coastal Plain Blackwater River Floodplain Forest Summer.
  • Southern Coastal Plain Dry Upland Hardwood Forest Summer.
  • Southern Coastal Plain Hydric Hammock Summer.
  • Southern Coastal Plain Nonriverine Basin Swamp Summer.
  • Southern Coastal Plain Oak Dome and Hammock Summer.
  • Southern Crowley's Ridge Mesic Loess Slope Forest Summer.
  • Southern Interior Low Plateau Dry-Mesic Oak Forest Summer.
  • Southern Piedmont Glade and Barrens Summer.
  • Southern Piedmont Mesic Forest Summer.
  • Southern Piedmont Small Floodplain and Riparian Forest Summer.
  • Southern Ridge and Valley Dry Calcareous Forest Summer.
  • West Gulf Coastal Plain Large River Floodplain Forest Summer.
  • West Gulf Coastal Plain Mesic Hardwood Forest Summer.
  • West Gulf Coastal Plain Nonriverine Wet Hardwood Flatwoods Summer.
  • West Gulf Coastal Plain Small Stream and River Forest Summer.
Northeast (4)
  • Central Appalachian Alkaline Glade and Woodland Summer.
  • 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.
Midwest (6)
  • North-Central Interior Beech-Maple Forest Summer.
  • North-Central Interior Dry Oak Forest and Woodland Summer.
  • North-Central Interior Dry-Mesic Oak Forest and Woodland Summer.
  • North-Central Interior Maple-Basswood Forest Summer.
  • North-Central Interior Oak Savanna Summer.
  • North-Central Oak Barrens Summer.
Land cover and other classes (29)
  • Atlantic Coastal Plain Blackwater Stream Floodplain Forest - Forest Modifier Summer.
  • Atlantic Coastal Plain Clay-Based Carolina Bay Forested Wetland Summer.
  • Atlantic Coastal Plain Fall-line Sandhills Longleaf Pine Woodland - Offsite Hardwood Modifier Summer.
  • Atlantic Coastal Plain Nonriverine Swamp and Wet Hardwood Forest - Oak Dominated Modifier Summer.
  • Atlantic Coastal Plain Nonriverine Swamp and Wet Hardwood Forest - Taxodium/Nyssa Modifier Summer.
  • Atlantic Coastal Plain Streamhead Seepage Swamp - Pocosin - and Baygall Summer.
  • East Gulf Coastal Plain Black Belt Calcareous Prairie and Woodland - Woodland Modifier Summer.
  • East Gulf Coastal Plain Interior Shortleaf Pine-Oak Forest - Hardwood Modifier Summer.
  • East Gulf Coastal Plain Interior Shortleaf Pine-Oak Forest - Mixed Modifier Summer.
  • East Gulf Coastal Plain Interior Upland Longleaf Pine Woodland - Offsite Hardwood Modifier Summer.
  • East Gulf Coastal Plain Jackson Plain Dry Flatwoods - Open Understory Modifier Summer.
  • East Gulf Coastal Plain Large River Floodplain Forest - Forest Modifier Summer.
  • East Gulf Coastal Plain Near-Coast Pine Flatwoods - Offsite Hardwood Modifier Summer.
  • East Gulf Coastal Plain Near-Coast Pine Flatwoods - Open Understory Modifier Summer.
  • East Gulf Coastal Plain Near-Coast Pine Flatwoods - Scrub/Shrub Understory Modifier Summer.
  • East Gulf Coastal Plain Northern Loess Plain Oak-Hickory Upland - Hardwood Modifier Summer.
  • Eastern Great Plains Floodplain Systems Summer.
  • Lower Mississippi River Bottomland Depressions - Forest Modifier Summer.
  • Mississippi River Floodplain and Riparian Forest Summer.
  • Northeastern Interior Dry Oak Forest - Mixed Modifier Summer.
  • Northeastern Interior Dry Oak Forest-Hardwood Modifier Summer.
  • Southern Coastal Plain Nonriverine Basin Swamp - Okefenokee Bay/Gum Modifier Summer.
  • Southern Coastal Plain Nonriverine Basin Swamp - Okefenokee Clethra Modifier Summer.
  • Southern Coastal Plain Nonriverine Basin Swamp - Okefenokee Taxodium Modifier Summer.
  • Southern Piedmont Dry Oak-(Pine) Forest - Hardwood Modifier Summer.
  • Southern Piedmont Dry Oak-(Pine) Forest - Mixed Modifier Summer.
  • Southern Piedmont Large Floodplain Forest - Forest Modifier Summer.
  • Southern Piedmont/Ridge and Valley Upland Depression Swamp Summer.
  • Western Great Plains Floodplain Systems Summer.

All habitats

Seasons in West Virginia

  • Summer: nests here, in all 55 counties.

Fruit and seed plants

Plants in genera this bird was recorded eating, from diet studies across North America. Not a record of what it eats in your state.

23 native plants in West Virginia. 4 not suggested for gardens

Native here, not suggested for gardens

Matched by plant genus. Avian Diet Database

Also on these plants

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All fruit and seed records in West Virginia

All wildlife of 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

Plants 303

All of floodplain and bottomland forests in West Virginia

Dry forests and woodlands

Birds 88

Plants 192

All of dry forests and woodlands in West Virginia

Moderately dry forests

Birds 64

Plants 22

All of moderately dry forests in West Virginia

USGS Gap Analysis Project habitat models.

Sources