Here, you will find downloadable PDF files of each species account from the first Vermont Breeding Bird Atlas. The species profiles provide information on each of the breeding birds recorded in Vermont from 1976 to 1981.
| Common Name | Scientfic Name | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Canada Goose | Branta canadensis | |
| Mute Swan | Cygnus olor | |
| Wood Duck | Aix sponsa | |
| Gadwall | Anas strepera | |
| American Wigeon | Anas americana | |
| American Black Duck | Anas rubripes | |
| Mallard | Anas platyrhynchos | |
| Blue-winged Teal | Anas discors | |
| Northern Shoveler | Anas clypeata | |
| Northern Pintail | Anas acuta | |
| Green-winged Teal | Anas crecca | |
| Ring-necked Duck | Aythya collaris | |
| Common Goldeneye | Bucephala clangula | |
| Hooded Merganser | Lophodytes cucullatus | |
| Common Merganser | Mergus merganser | |
| Red-breasted Merganser | Mergus serrator | |
| Gray Partridge | Perdix perdix | |
| Ring-necked Pheasant | Phasianus colchicus | |
| Ruffed Grouse | Bonasa umbellus | |
| Spruce Grouse | Falcipennis canadensis | endangered - VT |
| Wild Turkey | Meleagris gallopavo | |
| Common Loon | Gavia immer | |
| Pied-billed Grebe | Podilymbus podiceps | |
| Double-crested Cormorant | Phalacrocorax auritus | |
| American Bittern | Botaurus lentiginosus | |
| Least Bittern | Ixobrychus exilis | |
| Great Blue Heron | Ardea herodias | |
| Great Egret | Ardea alba | |
| Snowy Egret | Egretta thula | |
| Cattle Egret | Bubulcus ibis | |
| Green Heron | Butorides virescens | |
| Black-crowned Night-Heron | Nycticorax nycticorax | |
| Turkey Vulture | Cathartes aura | |
| Osprey | Pandion haliaetus | |
| Bald Eagle | Haliaeetus leucocephalus | endangered- VT |
| Northern Harrier | Circus cyaneus | |
| Sharp-shinned Hawk | Accipiter striatus | |
| Cooper's Hawk | Accipiter cooperii | |
| Northern Goshawk | Accipiter gentilis | |
| Red-shouldered Hawk | Buteo lineatus | |
| Broad-winged Hawk | Buteo platypterus | |
| Red-tailed Hawk | Buteo jamaicensis | |
| Virginia Rail | Rallus limicola | |
| Sora | Porzana carolina | |
| Common Gallinule | Gallinula galeata | |
| Sandhill Crane | Grus canadensis | |
| killdeer | Charadrius vociferus | |
| Spotted Sandpiper | Actitis macularius | |
| Upland Sandpiper | Bartramia longicauda | endangered - VT |
| Wilson's Snipe | Gallinago delicata | |
| American Woodcock | Scolopax minor | |
| Ring-billed Gull | Larus delawarensis | |
| Herring Gull | Larus argentatus | |
| Great Black-backed Gull | Larus marinus | |
| Caspian Tern | Hydroprogne caspia | |
| Black Tern | Chlidonias niger | endangered - VT |
| Common Tern | Sterna hirundo | endangered - VT |
| Forster's Tern | Sterna forsteri | |
| Rock Pigeon | Columba livia | |
| Passenger Pigeon | Ectopistes migratorius | |
| Mourning Dove | Zenaida macroura | |
| Yellow-billed Cuckoo | Coccyzus americanus | |
| Black-billed Cuckoo | Coccyzus erythropthalmus | |
| Barn Owl | Tyto alba | |
| Eastern Screech-Owl | Megascops asio | |
| Great Horned Owl | Bubo virginianus | |
| Barred Owl | Strix varia | |
| Long-eared Owl | Asio otus | |
| Short-eared Owl | Asio flammeus | |
| Northern Saw-whet Owl | Aegolius acadicus | |
| Common Nighthawk | Chordeiles minor | endangered - VT |
| Eastern Whip-poor-will | Antrostomus vociferus | threatened - VT |
| Chimney Swift | Chaetura pelagica | |
| Ruby-throated Hummingbird | Archilochus colubris | |
| Belted Kingfisher | Megaceryle alcyon | |
| Red-headed Woodpecker | Melanerpes erythrocephalus | |
| Red-bellied Woodpecker | Melanerpes carolinus | |
| Yellow-bellied Sapsucker | Sphyrapicus varius | |
| Downy Woodpecker | Picoides pubescens | |
| Hairy Woodpecker | Picoides villosus | |
| American Three-toed Woodpecker | Picoides dorsalis | |
| Black-backed Woodpecker | Picoides arcticus | |
| Northern Flicker | Colaptes auratus | |
| Pileated Woodpecker | Dryocopus pileatus | |
| American Kestrel | Falco sparverius | |
| Merlin | Falco columbarius | |
| Peregrine Falcon | Falco peregrinus | |
| Olive-sided Flycatcher | Contopus cooperi | |
| Eastern Wood-Pewee | Contopus virens | |
| Yellow-bellied Flycatcher | Empidonax flaviventris | |
| Alder Flycatcher | Empidonax alnorum | |
| Willow Flycatcher | Empidonax traillii | |
| Least Flycatcher | Empidonax minimus | |
| Eastern Phoebe | Sayornis phoebe | |
| Great Crested Flycatcher | Myiarchus crinitus | |
| Eastern Kingbird | Tyrannus tyrannus | |
| Loggerhead Shrike | Lanius ludovicianus | endangered - VT |
| Yellow-throated Vireo | Vireo flavifrons | |
| Blue-headed Vireo | Vireo solitarius | |
| Warbling Vireo | Vireo gilvus | |
| Philadelphia Vireo | Vireo philadelphicus | |
| Red-eyed Vireo | Vireo olivaceus | |
| Gray Jay | Perisoreus canadensis | |
| Blue Jay | Cyanocitta cristata | |
| American Crow | Corvus brachyrhynchos | |
| Fish Crow | Corvus ossifragus | |
| Common Raven | Corvus corax | |
| Horned Lark | Eremophila alpestris | |
| Purple Martin | Progne subis | |
| Tree Swallow | Tachycineta bicolor | |
| Northern Rough-winged Swallow | Stelgidopteryx serripennis | |
| Bank Swallow | Riparia riparia | |
| Cliff Swallow | Petrochelidon pyrrhonota | |
| Barn Swallow | Hirundo rustica | |
| Black-capped Chickadee | Poecile atricapillus | |
| Boreal Chickadee | Poecile hudsonicus | |
| Tufted Titmouse | Baeolophus bicolor | |
| Red-breasted Nuthatch | Sitta canadensis | |
| White-breasted Nuthatch | Sitta carolinensis | |
| Brown Creeper | Certhia americana | |
| House Wren | Troglodytes aedon | |
| Winter Wren | Troglodytes hyemalis | |
| Sedge Wren | Cistothorus platensis | endangered - VT |
| Marsh Wren | Cistothorus palustris | |
| Carolina Wren | Thryothorus ludovicianus | |
| Blue-gray Gnatcatcher | Polioptila caerulea | |
| Golden-crowned Kinglet | Regulus satrapa | |
| Ruby-crowned Kinglet | Regulus calendula | |
| Eastern Bluebird | Sialia sialis | |
| Veery | Catharus fuscescens | |
| Bicknell's Thrush | Catharus bicknelli | |
| Swainson's Thrush | Catharus ustulatus | |
| Hermit Thrush | Catharus guttatus | |
| Wood Thrush | Hylocichla mustelina | |
| American Robin | Turdus migratorius | |
| Gray Catbird | Dumetella carolinensis | |
| Brown Thrasher | Toxostoma rufum | |
| Northern Mockingbird | Mimus polyglottos | |
| European Starling | Sturnus vulgaris | |
| Cedar Waxwing | Bombycilla cedrorum | |
| Ovenbird | Seiurus aurocapilla | |
| Louisiana Waterthrush | Parkesia motacilla | |
| Northern Waterthrush | Parkesia noveboracensis | |
| Golden-winged Warbler | Vermivora chrysoptera | |
| Blue-winged Warbler | Vermivora cyanoptera | |
| Black-and-white Warbler | Mniotilta varia | |
| Tennessee Warbler | Oreothlypis peregrina | |
| Nashville Warbler | Oreothlypis ruficapilla | |
| Mourning Warbler | Geothlypis philadelphia | |
| Common Yellowthroat | Geothlypis trichas | |
| American Redstart | Setophaga ruticilla | |
| Cape May Warbler | Setophaga tigrina | |
| Cerulean Warbler | Setophaga cerulea | |
| Northern Parula | Setophaga americana | |
| Magnolia Warbler | Setophaga magnolia | |
| Bay-breasted Warbler | Setophaga castanea | |
| Blackburnian Warbler | Setophaga fusca | |
| Yellow Warbler | Setophaga petechia | |
| Chestnut-sided Warbler | Setophaga pensylvanica | |
| Blackpoll Warbler | Setophaga striata | |
| Black-throated Blue Warbler | Setophaga caerulescens | |
| Palm Warbler | Setophaga palmarum | |
| Pine Warbler | Setophaga pinus | |
| Yellow-rumped Warbler | Setophaga coronata | |
| Prairie Warbler | Setophaga discolor | |
| Black-throated Green Warbler | Setophaga virens | |
| Canada Warbler | Cardellina canadensis | |
| Wilson's Warbler | Cardellina pusilla | |
| Eastern Towhee | Pipilo erythrophthalmus | |
| Chipping Sparrow | Spizella passerina | |
| Clay-colored Sparrow | Spizella pallida | |
| Field Sparrow | Spizella pusilla | |
| Vesper Sparrow | Pooecetes gramineus | |
| Savannah Sparrow | Passerculus sandwichensis | |
| Grasshopper Sparrow | Ammodramus savannarum | threatened - VT |
| Henslow's Sparrow | Ammodramus henslowii | endangered - VT |
| Song Sparrow | Melospiza melodia | |
| Lincoln's Sparrow | Melospiza lincolnii | |
| Swamp Sparrow | Melospiza georgiana | |
| White-throated Sparrow | Zonotrichia albicollis | |
| Dark-eyed Junco | Junco hyemalis | |
| Scarlet Tanager | Piranga olivacea | |
| Northern Cardinal | Cardinalis cardinalis | |
| Rose-breasted Grosbeak | Pheucticus ludovicianus | |
| Indigo Bunting | Passerina cyanea | |
| Bobolink | Dolichonyx oryzivorus | |
| Red-winged Blackbird | Agelaius phoeniceus | |
| Eastern Meadowlark | Sturnella magna | |
| Rusty Blackbird | Euphagus carolinus | endangered - VT |
| Common Grackle | Quiscalus quiscula | |
| Brown-headed Cowbird | Molothrus ater | |
| Orchard Oriole | Icterus spurius | |
| Baltimore Oriole | Icterus galbula | |
| House Finch | Haemorhous mexicanus | |
| Purple Finch | Haemorhous purpureus | |
| Red Crossbill | Loxia curvirostra | |
| White-winged Crossbill | Loxia leucoptera | |
| Pine Siskin | Spinus pinus | |
| American Goldfinch | Spinus tristis | |
| Evening Grosbeak | Coccothraustes vespertinus | |
| House Sparrow | Passer domesticus |
