A photo of a Yellow-breasted Chat (Icteria virens)
Yellow-breasted Chat

Yellow-breasted Chat

Icteria virens

The yellow-breasted chat (Icteria virens) is a large songbird found in North America, and is the only member of the family Icteriidae. It was once a member of the New World warbler family, but in 2017, the American Ornithological Society moved it to its own family. Its placement is not definitively resolved. The yellow-breasted chat is found throughout North America. It breeds from the southern plains of Canada to central Mexico, and mainly migrates to Mexico and Central America for the winter, although some may overwinter in coastal areas farther north. This species occurs in areas where dense shrubbery is common. Today, its habitat often consists of abandoned farmland and other rural areas where overgrown vegetation proliferates.
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Sightings

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Luis Humberto Montemayor
Saturday 28 Jan 2023 - 7:04am
Mexico
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Aeneas vervenne
Monday 23 Jan 2023 - 8:47pm
United States
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Kyle Thomas
Sunday 15 Jan 2023 - 2:19am
United States
A photo of a Yellow-breasted Chat photographed in  United States
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Capricia Wilder
Friday 13 Jan 2023 - 8:29pm
United States
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