Summary

  • Status in VT: Decreased by 31% (39 to 27 blocks). Greatest decrease in Southern Vermont Piedmont.
  • Data from other research: No additional data for VT.
  • Conservation status: State rank S4B
  • Other atlases: NY: -13%; ON: 46%
  • VT’s role in North American range: VT is at the southeastern edge of the range.
  • Causes of change since first Atlas: Maturation of forests bordering streamside willow thickets (?).
  • Management/Monitoring recommendations:Protect local populations by maintaining their habitat in an early successional state.

First Vermont Breeding Bird Atlas (1976-1981)

Species Account

Second Vermont Breeding Bird Atlas (2003 – 2007)

Lincoln's Sparrow Map 1 Lincoln's Sparrow Table 1 Lincoln's Sparrow Table 2

Change in Distribution

mapkey Lincoln's Sparrow Map 2 Lincoln's Sparrow Table 3

Links

Vermont eBird

Encyclopedia of Life

All About Birds