Summary

  • Status in VT: Decreased by 5% (176 to 167 blocks). Greatest decreases in Northeastern Highlands and Northern Vermont Piedmont.
  • Data from other research: FBMP: significant annual decrease of 6.0%
  • Conservation status: State rank S5B; SSC; SGCN-M
  • Other atlases: NY: losses concentrated in Adirondack Mountains
  • VT’s role in North American range: VT is within the core of the range.
  • Causes of change since first Atlas: Forest maturation; reduced availability of calcium-rich invertebrate prey due to forest acidification; increased nest predation and parasitism resulting from habitat fragmentation; loss of habitat on wintering grounds.
  • Management/Monitoring recommendations: Habitat conservation on breeding and wintering grounds.

Population Trends

Wood Thrush graph

First Vermont Breeding Bird Atlas (1976-1981)

Species Account

Second Vermont Breeding Bird Atlas (2003 – 2007)

Wood Thrush Map 1Wood Thrush Table 1Wood Thrush Table 2

Change in Distribution

mapkeyWood Thrush Map 2Wood Thrush Table 3

Links

Vermont eBird

Encyclopedia of Life

All About Birds