Species · New Jersey · BBS 2025 Release · 1966–2024

Yellow-breasted Chat Population Trend in New Jersey

Yellow-breasted Chat in New Jersey has collapsed: down 88% on the route-weighted index since 1968.

-88%Since 1968
26Routes In State
49Years

Notable Yellow-breasted Chat Trends in New Jersey

long arc declinecomputed index

Yellow-breasted Chat has collapsed in New Jersey: down 88% on the route-weighted index since 1968.

Yellow-breasted Chat Population Forecast in New Jersey

If the recent trend holds, Yellow-breasted Chat in New Jersey is projected to stay roughly flat through 2029, near 0.01 (95% range 0.00–0.24). A 5-year backtest shows a typical error of ±29.6%, with 100% of held-out values landing inside the 95% band.

n/aChange by 2029
0.01Projected 2029 index
0.000.2495% range
±29.6%Backtest error
19662029
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
20250.030.000.26
20260.020.000.25
20270.020.000.25
20280.010.000.24
20290.010.000.24

Yellow-breasted Chat Survey Routes in New Jersey

Routes recording Yellow-breasted Chat in New Jersey.
Hope519941973
Roosevelt219861986
Woodbury Hgt120161968
Greenwich119991966
Six Points120141981
Deepwater119761969
Albion119891989
Ancora119691969
Masonville119661966
Bennett Mill119711966
Sandbrook120241970
Holmansville119691969
New Bedford119921987
Croton119961970
Robbinsville119791968
Kemah Lake119901990
Dover119811979
Pottersville120102010
Friendship119911988
Pomona119841984
Villas119791979
Pedricktown 2120222022
Cape May Ch120111993
Pedricktown120111991
Winslow119991989

Yellow-breasted Chat Population Trend in Other States

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