Summary

  • Status in VT: Decreased by 100% (5 to 0 blocks). Previously occurred in Champlain Valley and Northern Vermont Piedmont.
  • Data from other research: No additional data for VT.
  • Conservation status: State rank S1B
  • Other atlases: NY: -71%; ON: -23%
  • VT’s role in North American range: VT is at the southeastern edge of the range.
  • Causes of change since first Atlas: Sparse breeder with population core in Prairie Pothole Region; change in agricultural practices including early mowing regimes.
  • Management/Monitoring recommendations: No specific recommendations.

First Vermont Breeding Bird Atlas (1976-1981)

Species Account

Second Vermont Breeding Bird Atlas (2003 – 2007)

Northern Pintail Map 1Northern Pintail Table 1Northern Pintail Table 2

Change in Distribution

Northern Pintail Map 2Northern Pintail Table 3

Links

Vermont eBird

Encyclopedia of Life

All About Birds