Summary

  • Status in VT: Decreased by 1% (178 to 177 blocks). Decrease in Northern Green Mountains.
  • Data from other research: No additional data for VT.
  • Conservation status: State rank S5B
  • Other atlases: NY: 4%; PA: 26%; MD: 142%; ON: -17%
  • VT’s role in North American range: VT is within the core of the range.
  • Causes of change since first Atlas: Minimal change. Possible threats: competition with starlings for nest sites; toxic burdens of chemicals; loss of foraging habitat as mature forest replaces early successional stages.
  • Management/Monitoring recommendations:No current recommendations.

Population Trends

Tree Swallow graph

First Vermont Breeding Bird Atlas (1976-1981)

Species Account

Second Vermont Breeding Bird Atlas (2003 – 2007)

Tree Swallow Map 1Tree Swallow Table 1Tree Swallow Table 2

Change in Distribution

mapkeyTree Swallow Map 2Tree Swallow Table 3

Links

Vermont eBird

Encyclopedia of Life

All About Birds