Yellow-breasted Chat

Icteria virens

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John James Audubon, Birds of America (1827-1838). Public domain.

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About the Yellow-breasted Chat

The yellow-breasted chat (Icteria virens) is a large songbird in its own family, Icteriidae, that is found in North and Central America. It was once placed in the New World warbler family Parulidae and is occasionally placed in the similarly named New World blackbird family, Icteridae.

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Classification

Scientific name: Icteria virens
Family: Yellow-breasted Chat
Order: Passeriformes

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