Summary

  • Status in VT: Decreased by 29% (122 to 87 blocks). Greatest decreases in Northern Vermont Piedmont and Northeastern Highlands.
  • Data from other research: No additional data for VT.
  • Conservation status: State rank S5B
  • Other atlases: NY: -12%; ON: declining
  • VT’s role in North American range: VT is within the core of the range.
  • Causes of change since first Atlas: Unclear.
  • Management/Monitoring recommendations: Targeted monitoring to begin to determine cause of decline.

Population Trends

Spotted Sandpiper graph

First Vermont Breeding Bird Atlas (1976-1981)

Species Account

Second Vermont Breeding Bird Atlas (2003 – 2007)

Spotted Sandpiper Map 1Spotted Sandpiper Table 1Spotted Sandpiper Table 2

Change in Distribution

mapkeySpotted Sandpiper Map 2Spotted Sandpiper Table 3

Links

Vermont eBird

Encyclopedia of Life

All About Birds