The Yellow-breasted Chat (Icteria virens) is considered to be the largest of North America's warblers. It is a common nesting bird in thickets and heavy brush across much of the United States and parts of Canada.
Yellow-breasted Chat Behaviour
No observations regarding Yellow-breasted Chat behavior have been submitted to the database yet.
Interesting Facts about Yellow-breasted Chats ...
The Yellow-breasted Chat is much larger than any other warbler. Its yellow throat and breast, olive upperparts and white spectacles make it unlikely to be confused with any other bird.
Yellow-breasted Chat
(Icteria virens)
Status: Summer Resident.
Last recorded on site in 2010
Breeding Status:-
1987 to 1991: Confirmed
1992 to 1996: Likely but not confirmed
1997 to 2001: Likely but not confirmed ...
Yellow-Breasted Chat
Icteria virens (Linnaeus)
Status Uncommon vagrant, very rare in winter.
THE YELLOW-BREASTED CHAT.
[Yellow-breasted Chat.]
ICTERIA VIRIDIS, Gmel.
[Icteria virens.] ...
Yellow-breasted Chat / Warblers
Yellow-rumped Warblers aka Myrtle Warbler, Audubon's Warbler (Dendroica coronata)
Yellow-throated Warblers ...
Yellow-breasted Chat (Icteria virens)
Yellow-rumped Warbler (Dendroica coronata)
Yellow-throated Warbler (Dendroica dominica) ...
Yellow-breasted Chat (Icteria virens)
Lucy's Warbler (Vermivora luciae)
FAMILY EMBERIZIDAE: SUBFAMILY THRAUPINAE: Tanagers ...
Yellow-breasted Chat
Icteria virens (scientific)
The Yellow-breasted Chat (Icteria virens) is a large songbird, formerly considered the most atypical member of the New World warbler family, ...
Yellow-breasted Chat
Summer Sighting Information: uncommon
Nest on or near Refuge? yes
Carolina Chickadee
Summer Sighting Information: common
Nest on or near Refuge? yes ...
Yellow-breasted Chat Icteria virens. Breeder. Common in spring, summer, and fall, and occasional in winter in all regions. Found in early successional growth areas. Lowest Conservation Concern.
Tanagers - Family Thraupidae ...
The Yellow-breasted Chat is commonly seen in areas with thickets or a dense shrubby layer, including fence rows, hedgerows, overgrown fields, and forest edges.
The North American yellow-breasted chat, Icteria virens, is classified in the family of wood warblers, Parulidae, but is relatively large (18 cm/7 in) and far from typical of this group.
Yellow-breasted chats (Icteria virens) abandon nests with foreign eggs [36]. American robins and gray catbirds (Dumetella carolinensis) usually eject foreign eggs from the nest.
Icteria virens (Yellow-breasted Chat)
Icterus galbula (Baltimore Oriole)
Junco hyemalis (Dark-eyed Junco)
Lanius collurio (Red-backed Shrike)
Lanius cristatus (Brown Shrike)
Lanius excubitor (Great Grey Shrike) ...
The largest species is the yellow-breasted chat.
Warblers feed mostly on insects and only a small amount of plants.
The greatest diversity of wood warblers is found in North America and
the West Indies.
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(as in "upstart") analyze the bird name as red + start; it's simply "redstart," etymologically opaque, as are all names.
Way too dark and cold for parulids here in Vancouver today. Or wait: I'm actually on my way to look for a Yellow-breasted Chat, ...
 See also: Chat, Warbler, Redstart, Yellowthroat, Yellow Warbler
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