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Yellow-breasted chat (Icteria virens) perched on a thin branch, showing its bright yellow chest, olive-green back, and white belly against a leafy green background.
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yellow-breasted chat

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Yellow-breasted chat (Icteria virens) perched on a thin branch, showing its bright yellow chest, olive-green back, and white belly against a leafy green background.
Yellow-breasted chat (Icteria virens)

The yellow-breasted chat (Icteria virens) is a large American chat, measuring about 19 cm (7.5 inches) long, making it the largest member of the wood-warbler family, Parulidae. It is greenish-brown above with a bright yellow throat and breast, and a white abdomen. This bird breeds primarily in the eastern United States and winters in Mexico and Central America. The yellow-breasted chat is known for its impressive ability to mimic the songs of other birds. It inhabits thickets but may also perch in the open to vocalize a variety of sounds, including mewing, churring, and whistling.12

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