North Louisiana Wildlife
Yellow-breasted chat looking around majestically through undergrowth

Did you know that yellow-breasted chats can hold their food with their feet?

Yellow-Breasted Chats
at
a Glance

Yellow-breasted chat searching for food in bush undergrowth

Key Features:

Yellow-breasted chats are birds olive green with grey faces, yellow bellies, white spectacles and white mustaches.

Least Concern - Population Stable

Habitat:

Forest edges, swamps, and water edges

nesting habits:

Yellow-breasted chats build their nests in dense vegetation off the ground out of bark, grass, pine needles, stems, and weeds.

seasons yellow-breasted chats are active in our area:

Summer

Diet:

Insects, spiders, and fruit

hunting Behavior:

Yellow-breasted chats forage in dense vegetation or perch to eat fruit.

Commonly Confused With:

Common Yellowthroats, Kentucky Warblers, and Yellow-Throated Vireos

Yellow-breasted chat looking around majestically through undergrowth

Yellow-breasted chats are often confused with yellow-throated vireos because both have yellow chests and white bellies. Yellow-breasted chats are larger with gray heads. Yellow-throated vireos have olive yellow heads.

Yellow-breasted chat searching for food in bush undergrowth

Yellow-breasted chats are often confused with Kentucky warblers because both have yellow on their underparts. Bellow-breasted chats have white bellies.  Kentucky warblers have yellow bellies.

Look for yellow-breasted chats in your backyard in summer.

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