Pileated Woodpecker (Dryocopus pileatus)

Summary

• Status in VT: Increased by 9% (140 to 153 blocks). Greatest increase of occupied blocks in Northeastern Highlands.
• Data from other research: FBMP: no sig. trend.
• Conservation status: State rank S5
• Other atlases: NY: 29%; PA: 38%; MD: 34%
• VT’s role in North American range: VT is within the core of the range.
• Causes of change since first Atlas: Continued succession of farmland to forest.
• Management/Monitoring recommendations:No current recommendations.

Population Trends

First Vermont Breeding Bird Atlas (1976-1981)

Species Account

Second Vermont Breeding Bird Atlas (2003 – 2007)

Change in Distribution

Links

Vermont eBird

Encyclopedia of Life

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