Summary

  • Status in VT: Increased by 9% (140 to 153 blocks). Greatest increase of occupied blocks in Northeastern Highlands.
  • Data from other research: FBMP: no sig. trend.
  • Conservation status: State rank S5
  • Other atlases: NY: 29%; PA: 38%; MD: 34%
  • VT’s role in North American range: VT is within the core of the range.
  • Causes of change since first Atlas: Continued succession of farmland to forest.
  • Management/Monitoring recommendations:No current recommendations.

Population Trends

Pileated Woodpecker graph

First Vermont Breeding Bird Atlas (1976-1981)

Species Account

Second Vermont Breeding Bird Atlas (2003 – 2007)

Pileated Woodpecker Map 1Pileated Woodpecker Table 1Pileated Woodpecker Table 2

Change in Distribution

mapkeyPileated Woodpecker Map 2Pileated Woodpecker Table 3

Links

Vermont eBird

Encyclopedia of Life

All About Birds