The species profiles provide information on each of the breeding birds recorded in Vermont.

Common NameScientfic NameStatus
Canada GooseBranta canadensis
Mute SwanCygnus olor
Wood DuckAix sponsa
GadwallAnas strepera
American WigeonAnas americana
American Black DuckAnas rubripes
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
Blue-winged TealAnas discors
Northern ShovelerAnas clypeata
Northern PintailAnas acuta
Green-winged TealAnas crecca
Ring-necked DuckAythya collaris
Common GoldeneyeBucephala clangula
Hooded MerganserLophodytes cucullatus
Common MerganserMergus merganser
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serrator
Gray PartridgePerdix perdix
Ring-necked PheasantPhasianus colchicus
Ruffed GrouseBonasa umbellus
Spruce GrouseFalcipennis canadensisendangered - VT
Wild TurkeyMeleagris gallopavo
Common LoonGavia immer
Pied-billed GrebePodilymbus podiceps
Double-crested CormorantPhalacrocorax auritus
American BitternBotaurus lentiginosus
Least BitternIxobrychus exilis
Great Blue HeronArdea herodias
Great EgretArdea alba
Snowy EgretEgretta thula
Cattle EgretBubulcus ibis
Green HeronButorides virescens
Black-crowned Night-HeronNycticorax nycticorax
Turkey VultureCathartes aura
OspreyPandion haliaetus
Bald EagleHaliaeetus leucocephalusendangered- VT
Northern HarrierCircus cyaneus
Sharp-shinned HawkAccipiter striatus
Cooper's HawkAccipiter cooperii
Northern GoshawkAccipiter gentilis
Red-shouldered HawkButeo lineatus
Broad-winged HawkButeo platypterus
Red-tailed HawkButeo jamaicensis
Virginia RailRallus limicola
SoraPorzana carolina
Common GallinuleGallinula galeata
Sandhill CraneGrus canadensis
KilldeerCharadrius vociferus
Spotted SandpiperActitis macularius
Upland SandpiperBartramia longicaudaendangered - VT
Wilson's SnipeGallinago delicata
American WoodcockScolopax minor
Ring-billed GullLarus delawarensis
Herring GullLarus argentatus
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus
Caspian TernHydroprogne caspia
Black TernChlidonias nigerendangered - VT
Common TernSterna hirundoendangered - VT
Forster's TernSterna forsteri
Rock PigeonColumba livia
Passenger PigeonEctopistes migratorius
Mourning DoveZenaida macroura
Yellow-billed CuckooCoccyzus americanus
Black-billed CuckooCoccyzus erythropthalmus
Barn OwlTyto alba
Eastern Screech-OwlMegascops asio
Great Horned OwlBubo virginianus
Barred OwlStrix varia
Long-eared OwlAsio otus
Short-eared OwlAsio flammeus
Northern Saw-whet OwlAegolius acadicus
Common NighthawkChordeiles minorendangered - VT
Eastern Whip-poor-willAntrostomus vociferusthreatened - VT
Chimney SwiftChaetura pelagica
Ruby-throated HummingbirdArchilochus colubris
Belted KingfisherMegaceryle alcyon
Red-headed WoodpeckerMelanerpes erythrocephalus
Red-bellied WoodpeckerMelanerpes carolinus
Yellow-bellied SapsuckerSphyrapicus varius
Downy WoodpeckerPicoides pubescens
Hairy WoodpeckerPicoides villosus
American Three-toed WoodpeckerPicoides dorsalis
Black-backed WoodpeckerPicoides arcticus
Northern FlickerColaptes auratus
Pileated WoodpeckerDryocopus pileatus
American KestrelFalco sparverius
MerlinFalco columbarius
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinus
Olive-sided FlycatcherContopus cooperi
Eastern Wood-PeweeContopus virens
Yellow-bellied FlycatcherEmpidonax flaviventris
Alder FlycatcherEmpidonax alnorum
Willow FlycatcherEmpidonax traillii
Least FlycatcherEmpidonax minimus
Eastern PhoebeSayornis phoebe
Great Crested FlycatcherMyiarchus crinitus
Eastern KingbirdTyrannus tyrannus
Loggerhead ShrikeLanius ludovicianusendangered - VT
Yellow-throated VireoVireo flavifrons
Blue-headed VireoVireo solitarius
Warbling VireoVireo gilvus
Philadelphia VireoVireo philadelphicus
Red-eyed VireoVireo olivaceus
Gray JayPerisoreus canadensis
Blue JayCyanocitta cristata
American CrowCorvus brachyrhynchos
Fish CrowCorvus ossifragus
Common RavenCorvus corax
Horned LarkEremophila alpestris
Purple MartinProgne subis
Tree SwallowTachycineta bicolor
Northern Rough-winged SwallowStelgidopteryx serripennis
Bank SwallowRiparia riparia
Cliff SwallowPetrochelidon pyrrhonota
Barn SwallowHirundo rustica
Black-capped ChickadeePoecile atricapillus
Boreal ChickadeePoecile hudsonicus
Tufted TitmouseBaeolophus bicolor
Red-breasted NuthatchSitta canadensis
White-breasted NuthatchSitta carolinensis
Brown CreeperCerthia americana
House WrenTroglodytes aedon
Winter WrenTroglodytes hyemalis
Sedge WrenCistothorus platensisendangered - VT
Marsh WrenCistothorus palustris
Carolina WrenThryothorus ludovicianus
Blue-gray GnatcatcherPolioptila caerulea
Golden-crowned KingletRegulus satrapa
Ruby-crowned KingletRegulus calendula
Eastern BluebirdSialia sialis
VeeryCatharus fuscescens
Bicknell's ThrushCatharus bicknelli
Swainson's ThrushCatharus ustulatus
Hermit ThrushCatharus guttatus
Wood ThrushHylocichla mustelina
American RobinTurdus migratorius
Gray CatbirdDumetella carolinensis
Brown ThrasherToxostoma rufum
Northern MockingbirdMimus polyglottos
European StarlingSturnus vulgaris
Cedar WaxwingBombycilla cedrorum
OvenbirdSeiurus aurocapilla
Louisiana WaterthrushParkesia motacilla
Northern WaterthrushParkesia noveboracensis
Golden-winged WarblerVermivora chrysoptera
Blue-winged WarblerVermivora cyanoptera
Black-and-white WarblerMniotilta varia
Tennessee WarblerOreothlypis peregrina
Nashville WarblerOreothlypis ruficapilla
Mourning WarblerGeothlypis philadelphia
Common YellowthroatGeothlypis trichas
American RedstartSetophaga ruticilla
Cape May WarblerSetophaga tigrina
Cerulean WarblerSetophaga cerulea
Northern ParulaSetophaga americana
Magnolia WarblerSetophaga magnolia
Bay-breasted WarblerSetophaga castanea
Blackburnian WarblerSetophaga fusca
Yellow WarblerSetophaga petechia
Chestnut-sided WarblerSetophaga pensylvanica
Blackpoll WarblerSetophaga striata
Black-throated Blue WarblerSetophaga caerulescens
Palm WarblerSetophaga palmarum
Pine WarblerSetophaga pinus
Yellow-rumped WarblerSetophaga coronata
Prairie WarblerSetophaga discolor
Black-throated Green WarblerSetophaga virens
Canada WarblerCardellina canadensis
Wilson's WarblerCardellina pusilla
Eastern TowheePipilo erythrophthalmus
Chipping SparrowSpizella passerina
Clay-colored SparrowSpizella pallida
Field SparrowSpizella pusilla
Vesper SparrowPooecetes gramineus
Savannah SparrowPasserculus sandwichensis
Grasshopper SparrowAmmodramus savannarumthreatened - VT
Henslow's SparrowAmmodramus henslowiiendangered - VT
Song SparrowMelospiza melodia
Lincoln's SparrowMelospiza lincolnii
Swamp SparrowMelospiza georgiana
White-throated SparrowZonotrichia albicollis
Dark-eyed JuncoJunco hyemalis
Scarlet TanagerPiranga olivacea
Northern CardinalCardinalis cardinalis
Rose-breasted GrosbeakPheucticus ludovicianus
Indigo BuntingPasserina cyanea
BobolinkDolichonyx oryzivorus
Red-winged BlackbirdAgelaius phoeniceus
Eastern MeadowlarkSturnella magnathreatened - VT
Rusty BlackbirdEuphagus carolinusendangered - VT
Common GrackleQuiscalus quiscula
Brown-headed CowbirdMolothrus ater
Orchard OrioleIcterus spurius
Baltimore OrioleIcterus galbula
House FinchHaemorhous mexicanus
Purple FinchHaemorhous purpureus
Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostra
White-winged CrossbillLoxia leucoptera
Pine SiskinSpinus pinus
American GoldfinchSpinus tristis
Evening GrosbeakCoccothraustes vespertinus
House SparrowPasser domesticus