Summary

  • Status in VT: Decreased by 2% (122 to 120 blocks). Decreased by 22% in Northern Green Mountains. Small decreases in Southern Green Mountains and Southern Vermont Piedmont.
  • Data from other research: No additional data for VT.
  • Conservation status: State rank S5B
  • Other atlases: NY: -3%; MD: 3%; ON and PA: no significant change
  • VT’s role in North American range: VT is within the core of the range.
  • Causes of change since first Atlas: Short-term population fluctuation due to severe weather conditions on wintering grounds (?); West Nile Virus (?).
  • Management/Monitoring recommendations:No current recommendations.

Population Trends

House Wren graph

First Vermont Breeding Bird Atlas (1976-1981)

Species Account

Second Vermont Breeding Bird Atlas (2003 – 2007)

House Wren Map 1 House Wren Table 1 House Wren Table 2

Change in Distribution

mapkey House Wren Map 2 House Wren Table 3

Links

Vermont eBird

Encyclopedia of Life

All About Birds