Ruby-crowned Kinglet (Regulus calendula)

Summary

• Status in VT: No change in number of blocks (42). Increase in Northern Green Mountains (133%), decrease in Southern Vermont Piedmont and Taconic Mountains (each 100%).
• Data from other research: No additional data for VT.
• Conservation status: State rank S4B
• Other atlases: NY: -6%; ON: declines in south, increases in north
• VT’s role in North American range: VT is at the southern edge of the range.
• Causes of change since first Atlas: No change.
• Management/Monitoring recommendations:Targeted monitoring may help to identify reasons for decline in eastern populations.

Population Trends

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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