Yellow-breasted Chat

Icteria virens

Order

PASSERIFORMES

Family

Wood Warblers (Parulidae)

Code 4

YBCH

Code 6

ICTVIR

ITIS

HEAD

Bill Shape: All-purpose
Eye Color: Dark brown or hazel.
Head Pattern: Eyeline, Plain, Eyering, Malar or malar stripe
Crown Color: Dark olive-green
Forehead Color: Dark olive-green
Nape Color: Dark olive-green
Throat Color: Yellow
Cere color: No Data

BODY

Length Range: 18 cm (7.25 in)
Weight: 26 g (0.9 oz)
Size: 2. Small (5 - 9 in)
Color Primary: Yellow, Olive
Underparts: Yellow with white belly.
Upperparts: Dark olive-green
Back Pattern: Solid
Belly Pattern: Solid
Breast Pattern: Solid

FLIGHT

Flight Pattern: Weak fluttering flights of short duration.
Wingspan Range: 23-25 cm (9-10 in)
Wing Shape: Rounded-Wings
Tail Shape: Fan-shaped Tail
Tail Pattern: Solid
Upper Tail: Dark olive-green
Under Tail: Dark olive-green
Leg Color: Gray

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