Summary

  • Status in VT: Decreased by 39% (112 to 68 blocks). Greatest decrease in Northeastern Highlands.
  • Data from other research: No additional data for VT.
  • Conservation status: State rank S4B; SGCN-M; SSC
  • Other atlases: NY: -16%; PA: +2%; ON: -33%
  • VT’s role in North American range: VT is near the northern edge of the range.
  • Causes of change since first Atlas: Loss of habitat through succession of abandoned farmland to forest.
  • Management/Monitoring recommendations:Establishment and maintenance of at least one large management area (>1,000 ha) dedicated to early-successional species; WAP set population goal of 10,000 individuals.

Population Trends

Field Sparrow graph

First Vermont Breeding Bird Atlas (1976-1981)

Species Account

Second Vermont Breeding Bird Atlas (2003 – 2007)

Field Sparrow Map 1 Field Sparrow Table 1 Field Sparrow Table 2

Change in Distribution

mapkey Field Sparrow Map 2 Field Sparrow Table 3

Links

Vermont eBird

Encyclopedia of Life

All About Birds