Summary

  • Status in VT: Increased by 1800% (0 to 18 blocks). Greatest increase in Champlain Valley.
  • Data from other research: No additional data for VT.
  • Conservation status: State rank S3
  • Other atlases: NY: 123%; PA: 86%; ON: 250%
  • VT’s role in North American range: VT has not traditionally been a part of the range. Range gradually expanding northward into VT since the 1970s.
  • Causes of change since first Atlas: Feeders improving overwinter survival and reproductive success at the northern edge of their range (?).
  • Management/Monitoring recommendations:No current recommendations.

First Vermont Breeding Bird Atlas (1976-1981)

No Species Account Available

Second Vermont Breeding Bird Atlas (2003 – 2007)

Red-bellied Woodpecker Map 1Red-bellied Woodpecker Table 1Red-bellied Woodpecker Table 2

Change in Distribution

mapkeyRed-bellied Woodpecker Map 2Red-bellied Woodpecker Table 3

Links

Vermont eBird

Encyclopedia of Life

All About Birds