Summary

  • Status in VT: Decreased by 21% (21 to 16 blocks). Greatest losses occurred in the Champlain Valley.
  • Data from other research: No additional data in VT.
  • Conservation status: State rank S2B; SSC;SGCN-M
  • Other Atlases: NY: -63%; PA: -66%;  MD: -68%; ON: -36%
  • Vermont’s role in North American range:VT is within the core of the range.
  • Causes of change since first Atlas: Loss of nesting habitat due to farm abandonment and the replacement of pasture/hay with row crops such as corn and soybeans; reduced productivity due to earlier mowing of agricultural fields.
  • Management/Monitoring recommendations: Protect and encourage delayed mowing of grasslands adjacent to emergent wetlands.

First Vermont Breeding Bird Atlas (1976-1981)

Species Account

Second Vermont Breeding Bird Atlas (2003 – 2007)

Blue-winged Teal Map 1 Blue-winged Teal Table 1 Blue-winged Teal Table 2

Change in Distribution

mapkey Blue-winged Teal Map 2 Blue-winged Teal Table 3

Links

Vermont eBird

Encyclopedia of Life

All About Birds