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Yellow-breasted Chat -
(Icteria virens)  Audio
Identification
- Medium-sized stocky songbird
- Plain olive-green to grey back and wings
- Throat and breast bright yellow
- White underside
- White line above eye, white crescent
below eye
- Stout black bill
- Rather long tail
- 7" (18 cm.)
Habitat
- Thickets, dense brush, shrubby upland
- Hardwood forests
Additional Information
- Rare migrant and summer resident
- Wisconsin species of special concern
- Largest wood warbler
- Song a loud, unmusical collection of
whistles, squawks, chuckles and grunts
- Somewhat secretive in thick vegetation
Comparable Species
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