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Yellow-breasted Chat - Icteria virens

Length	7.5 in (19.1 cm)
Wingspan	9.8 in (24.8 cm)
Weight	0.7-1.2 oz (20.2-33.8 g)
Clutch Size	3-5
Chicks at birth	Altricial
IUCN Conservation Status	Least Concern
Continents:	NA

The Yellow-breasted Chat is placed with New-world Warblers but it may not actually belong there. They are found throughout the United States, Mexico and Central America. Both sexes look similar.

Yellow-breasted Chats forage in dense vegetation for insects and berries.

Adult
Eastern variant 04/16/2013 - Lafitte's Cove, Galveston, Texas Eastern variant 04/16/2013 - Lafitte's Cove, Galveston, Texas	Eastern variant 04/15/2013 - Neotropical Bird Sanctuary, Quintana, Texas Eastern variant 04/15/2013 - Neotropical Bird Sanctuary, Quintana, Texas	Eastern variant 04/15/2013 - Neotropical Bird Sanctuary, Quintana, Texas Eastern variant 04/15/2013 - Neotropical Bird Sanctuary, Quintana, Texas
Eastern variant 04/15/2013 - Neotropical Bird Sanctuary, Quintana, Texas Eastern variant 04/15/2013 - Neotropical Bird Sanctuary, Quintana, Texas	Eastern variant 04/16/2013 - Lafitte's Cove, Galveston, Texas Eastern variant 04/16/2013 - Lafitte's Cove, Galveston, Texas	Eastern variant 04/19/2014 - Lafitte's Cove, Galveston, Texas Eastern variant 04/19/2014 - Lafitte's Cove, Galveston, Texas

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