Yellow-breasted Chat
Icteria virens
Perching
Length: 8 in. (19 cm )
This unusually large and bizarre warbler is impossible to see unless it wants to be seen. Then it emerges from the thick shrubbery and brush to flaunt itself with conspicuous fluttering flights. It has an amazingly large repertoire of songs. Food consists of insects and fruits. The nest is large and cup-shaped and hidden in dense tangles of low vegetation.
The four-digit banding code is YBCH.
Male |
Mesquite bosque
Riparian / River forest
Sex of Bird: Male
Bibliographic details:
- Article: Yellow-breasted Chat
- Author(s): Dr. Biology
- Publisher: Arizona State University School of Life Sciences Ask A Biologist
- Site name: ASU - Ask A Biologist
- Date published: 13 Jul, 2017
- Date accessed:
- Link: https://askabiologist.asu.edu/activities/bird/yellow-breasted-chat
APA Style
Dr. Biology. (Thu, 07/13/2017 - 15:38). Yellow-breasted Chat. ASU - Ask A Biologist. Retrieved from https://askabiologist.asu.edu/activities/bird/yellow-breasted-chat
Chicago Manual of Style
Dr. Biology. "Yellow-breasted Chat". ASU - Ask A Biologist. 13 Jul 2017. https://askabiologist.asu.edu/activities/bird/yellow-breasted-chat
MLA 2017 Style
Dr. Biology. "Yellow-breasted Chat". ASU - Ask A Biologist. 13 Jul 2017. ASU - Ask A Biologist, Web. https://askabiologist.asu.edu/activities/bird/yellow-breasted-chat
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