Yellow-bellied Flycatcher (Empidonax flaviventris)

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

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

All About Birds