Summary

  • Status in VT: Decreased by 53% (115 to 54 blocks). Greatest decreases in Northeastern Highlands and Southern Green Mountains.
  • Data from other research: No additional data for VT.
  • Conservation status: State rank S4B; SGCN-H; SSC
  • Other atlases: NY (Adirondacks), ON: declining; MD, PA: not declining
  • VT’s role in North American range: VT is near the northeastern edge of the range.
  • Causes of change since first Atlas: Habitat loss from farmland abandonment, succession of shrubland, forest maturation.
  • Management/Monitoring recommendations: More study needed at northern edge of range to determine degree of area-sensitivity; more study in powerline rights-of-way; management or disturbance that promotes development of shrub layer.

Population Trends

Eastern Towhee graph

First Vermont Breeding Bird Atlas (1976-1981)

Species Account

Second Vermont Breeding Bird Atlas (2003 – 2007)

Eastern Towhee Map 1 Eastern Towhee Table 1 Eastern Towhee Table 2

Change in Distribution

mapkey Eastern Towhee Map 2 Eastern Towhee Table 3

Links

Vermont eBird

Encyclopedia of Life

All About Birds