Ruby-throated Hummingbird (Archilochus colubris)

Summary

• Status in VT: Increased by 2% (166 to 169 blocks). Greatest increase in Vermont Valley.
• Data from other research: No additional data for VT.
• Conservation status: State rank S5B.
• Other atlases: NY: 21%; PA: 11%; ON: 20%.
• VT’s role in North American range: VT is within the core of the range.
• Causes of change since first Atlas: Unknown.
• Management/Monitoring recommendations:Purchase coffee discerningly; on wintering grounds, shade-grown coffee plantations support higher numbers of Ruby-throated Hummingbirds compared to sun coffee plantations.

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

All About Birds