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| Yellow-breasted Chat: Icteria virens |
| The Yellow-breasted Chat is an atypical wood warbler. Its large size and stout bill, long tail, and distinctive display flight, hovering with slow, deep-flapping wings and dangling feet, make it seem more like one of the mockingbirds or thrashers. Since it prefers brushy tangles and is relatively shy, it is more often heard than seen. 6 1/2-7 1/2" (17-19 cm). The size of a large sparrow. Olive green above, with bright yellow breast and white abdomen. Stout black bill; black face mask bordered above and below with white; white "spectacles." The tail is long. Neotropical migrant They like to breed in successional-scrub They like to nestnear the ground in an open cup They hatch 3 to 6 eggs Incubation period is 11 days It takes about 8 days for big birds: They have two broods per year. They like to eat mostly insects and lesser quantities of fruit. |
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