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Projects Vermont Breeding Bird Atlas Yellow Warbler

Yellow Warbler (Setophaga petechia)

Summary

Status in VT: Decreased by 3% (163 to 158 blocks). Greatest decrease (25%) in Northeastern Highlands.
Data from other research: No additional data for VT.
Conservation status: State rank S5B
Other atlases: NY: no change; PA: 8%; ON: no sig. change
VT’s role in North American range: VT is within the core of the range.
Causes of change since first Atlas: Minimal change. Potential threats: loss of early-successional habitat (e.g., channelization of streams); loss of wooded riparian habitats.
Management/Monitoring recommendations:Maintain linkages among suitable habitat patches; forestry practices that provide combination cover types and timber size classes, particularly along streams/rivers/other water bodies.

Population Trends

First Vermont Breeding Bird Atlas (1976-1981)

Species Account

Second Vermont Breeding Bird Atlas (2003 – 2007)

Change in Distribution

Links

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