Summary

  • Status in VT: Decreased by 38% (39 to 24 blocks). Greatest decrease in blocks in Southern Green Mountains.
  • Data from other research: No additional data for VT.
  • Conservation status: State rank S3B
  • Other atlases: NY: 42%; PA: 31%; ON: occurrence doubled.
  • VT’s role in North American range: VT is in the southern edge of the range.
  • Causes of change since first Atlas: Unknown. Potential threats: habitat alteration from climate change; mountaintop developments; loss of habitat on wintering grounds.
  • Management/Monitoring recommendations: Targeted monitoring to ascertain whether trends in VT differ from those elsewhere in the region.

Population Trends

Yellow-bellied Flycatcher graph

First Vermont Breeding Bird Atlas (1976-1981)

Species Account

Second Vermont Breeding Bird Atlas (2003 – 2007)

Yellow-bellied Flycatcher Map 1Yellow-bellied Flycatcher Table 1Yellow-bellied Flycatcher Table 2

Change in Distribution

mapkeyYellow-bellied Flycatcher Map 2Yellow-bellied Flycatcher Table 3

Links

Vermont eBird

Encyclopedia of Life

All About Birds