Summary

  • Status in VT: Decreased by 9% (146 to 133 blocks). Greatest decrease in Southern Green Mountains.
  • Data from other research: No additional data for VT.
  • Conservation status: State rank SNA
  • Other atlases: NY: -8%; PA: -2%; ON: -20%
  • VT’s role in North American range: VT is within the core of the range.
  • Causes of change since first Atlas: Decline in number of active farms (?); reforestations of agricultural lands (?).
  • Management/Monitoring recommendations: No current recommendations.

Population Trends

House Sparrow graph

First Vermont Breeding Bird Atlas (1976-1981)

Species Account

Second Vermont Breeding Bird Atlas (2003 – 2007)

House Sparrow Map 1 House Sparrow Table 1 House Sparrow Table 2

Change in Distribution

mapkey House Sparrow Map 2 House Sparrow Table 3

Links

Vermont eBird

Encyclopedia of Life

All About Birds