Red-breasted Merganser (Mergus serrator)

Summary

• Status in VT: Increased by 200% (1 to 3 blocks). Increase occurred in the Champlain Valley.
• Data from other research: No additional data for VT.
• Conservation status: State rank S1B
• Other atlases: NY: 43%; ON: no sig. change
• VT’s role in North American range: VT is at the extreme southeastern edge of the range.
• Causes of change since first Atlas: Unknown. Boreal species with sporadic nesting.
• Management/Monitoring recommendations:No current recommendations.

First Vermont Breeding Bird Atlas (1976-1981)

Species Account

Second Vermont Breeding Bird Atlas (2003 – 2007)

Change in Distribution

Links

Vermont eBird

Encyclopedia of Life

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