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Mass Audubon State of the Birds

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Sedge Wren
Cistothorus platensis

The Sedge Wren is a very rare and restricted breeding bird in Massachusetts, most often found in wet sedge meadows or moist hayfields in central and western parts of the state. Despite current increases, so few Sedge Wrens breed in Massachusetts that the species remains Endangered in the state.
Conservation Status
Conservation Action Urgent

Tracking This Bird In Massachusetts

Climate Vulnerability Score

No data
Mass Audubon Mean likelihood of occurrence (current)
Mass Audubon Mean likelihood of occurrence (2050)
Mass Audubon Absolute change in likelihood of occurrence
no data
U.S. Forest Service Climate Change Bird Atlas (Hadly Hi emissions scenario)a
No data available
National Audubon Societyb
No data available
a USFS model data for Massachusetts by 2100
b National Audubon Society's Climate Change Atlas was completed on a continental scale.

Breeding Bird Atlas

Atlas I Blocks
3
Atlas II Blocks
8
Percent of state occupied - Atlas I
0
Percent of state occupied - Atlas II
0
Percent change
200

Breeding Bird Survey

Annual trend 1966-2010
P-value
Number of routes
Recent trend 2000-2010

Christmas Bird Count

Trend (1963-2008)
0
Significantly different than zero
Trend (1963-1979)
0
Significantly different than zero
Trend (1979-2008)
0
Significantly different than zero

Habitat Usage

Breeding

Grassland, Open Freshwater Marsh

Wintering

Does not winter in Massachusetts