Tree Swallow (Tachycineta bicolor)

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

First Vermont Breeding Bird Atlas (1976-1981)

Species Account

Second Vermont Breeding Bird Atlas (2003 – 2007)

Change in Distribution

Links

Vermont eBird

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