Species · BCR 14 · BBS 2025 Release · 1966–2024

Ring-necked Pheasant In Atlantic Northern Forest

Ring-necked Pheasant in Atlantic Northern Forest has fallen sharply: down 57% on the route-weighted index since 1969.

-57%Since 1969
53Routes In Region
43Years

Notable Signals

long arc declinecomputed index

Ring-necked Pheasant has fallen sharply in Atlantic Northern Forest: down 57% on the route-weighted index since 1969.

Forecast

If the recent trend holds, Ring-necked Pheasant in Atlantic Northern Forest is projected to stay roughly flat through 2023, near 0.01 (95% range 0.00–0.07). A 5-year backtest shows a typical error of ±28.2%, with 100% of held-out values landing inside the 95% band.

n/aChange by 2023
0.01Projected 2023 index
0.000.0795% range
±28.2%Backtest error
19672023
Projection of the recent trend (dashed) with 80/95% bands — a projection, not a prediction. Habitat, climate, and land use are not modeled.
YearProjected index95% low95% high
20190.010.000.07
20200.010.000.07
20210.010.000.07
20220.010.000.07
20230.010.000.07

Routes In Atlantic Northern Forest

Routes recording Ring-necked Pheasant in Atlantic Northern Forest.
HermonMAINE31972
South ArmMAINE21998
HancockMAINE21986
CheshireMASSACHUSETTS21988
New HartfordCONNECTICUT11981
WestbrookMAINE12005
BiddefordMAINE12007
NewcastleMAINE11991
GreenwoodMAINE11981
Otisfield GrMAINE12012
Bowdoin CtrMAINE12003
East TroyMAINE11994
WarrenMAINE11988
HarmonyMAINE12011
EastbrookMAINE11988
CastineMAINE11995
CooperMAINE12006
DebloisMAINE11967
CharlestonMAINE12009
CambridgeMAINE12005
LudlowMAINE11983
RomeMAINE11999
JeffersonMAINE11993
Church HillMAINE12007
SearsportMAINE12004

Source: USGS North American Breeding Bird Survey, retrieved 2026-05-22.