Yellow-breasted Chat
Icteria virens
- KingdomAnimalia (Animals)
- PhylumChordata (Cordats)
- ClassAves (Aus)
- OrderPasseriformes
- FamilyParulidae (Parúlids)
- GenusIcteria (Yellow-breasted Chats)
- SpeciesIcteria virens (Yellow-breasted Chat)
Closest Relatives at Big Bend National Park
Yellow-rumped Warbler
Setophaga coronata
Wilson's Warbler
Cardellina pusilla
Audubon's Warbler
Setophaga auduboni
Common Yellowthroat
Geothlypis trichas
Colima Warbler
Leiothlypis crissalis
Townsend's Warbler
Setophaga townsendi
Orange-crowned Warbler
Leiothlypis celata
Nashville Warbler
Leiothlypis ruficapilla
Yellow Warbler
Setophaga petechia
Painted Redstart
Myioborus pictus
Northern Yellow Warbler
Setophaga aestiva
Lucy's Warbler
Leiothlypis luciae
📅 Monthly Probability
☀️ When They're Spotted
Most active during daytime hours (6am–6pm) · across all parks (global)
Global Distribution
Where this species is recorded worldwide. Restricted to human observations from 2019 onwards — the same kind of record and the same period the probabilities on this page are built from, so collar-tracking studies, camera-trap arrays and museum specimens are excluded. Around Santa Rosa that removes 5,924 GPS fixes from a handful of tagged jaguars.
where this species is recorded (GBIF density — it tracks where observers go, not how likely a sighting is) · parks where it occurs — tap a pin for the sighting probability there
Parks Where Found
Quick answers
What are the chances of seeing a Yellow-breasted Chat in Big Bend National Park?
About 17% of visitor-days record a Yellow-breasted Chat sighting in Big Bend National Park, based on 764 observer-days of citizen-science data from GBIF.
When is the best time to see Yellow-breasted Chat in Big Bend National Park?
May has the highest sighting rate for Yellow-breasted Chat in Big Bend National Park in our monthly data.