Summary

  • Status in VT: Continues to be a rare breeder on Champlain Islands; first breeding record in 1983. Young Island regularly supports three nesting pairs.
  • Data from other research: No additional data for VT.
  • Conservation status: State rank S1B; S5N
  • Other atlases: NY: -6%; ON: no change
  • VT’s role in North American range:Population is dispersed along Atlantic coast and inland as far as the Great Lakes, including the Champlain Islands.
  • Causes of change since first Atlas: No change.
  • Management/Monitoring recommendations: No current recommendations.

First Vermont Breeding Bird Atlas (1976-1981)

Species Account

Second Vermont Breeding Bird Atlas (2003 – 2007)

Great Black-backed Gull Map 1 Great Black-backed Gull Table 1 Great Black-backed Gull Table 2

Change in Distribution

mapkey Great Black-backed Gull Map 2 Great Black-backed Gull Table 3

Links

Vermont eBird

Encyclopedia of Life

All About Birds