Yellow-breasted Chat

Icteria virens

Least ConcernNear ThreatenedVulnerableEndangeredCritically Endangered

KingdomAnimalia (Animals)
PhylumChordata (Chordates)
ClassAves (Birds)
OrderPasseriformes (Perching Birds)
FamilyParulidae (New World Warblers)
GenusIcteria (Yellow-breasted Chats)
SpeciesIcteria virens (Yellow-breasted Chat)

Daily sighting probability Insufficient data

at Cabo Pulmo National Park

3 Verified sightings at Cabo Pulmo National Park From 2019 to 2026

4,612 Verified sightings across all 49 parks From 2019 to 2026

☀️ Diurnal When it's spotted during daytime hours (6am–6pm)

About the Yellow-breasted Chat

The yellow-breasted chat (Icteria virens) is a large songbird in its own family, Icteriidae, that is found in North and Central America. It was once placed in the New World warbler family Parulidae and is occasionally placed in the similarly named New World blackbird family, Icteridae.

The yellow-breasted chat was formally described in 1758 by Swedish naturalist Carl Linnaeus in the tenth edition of his Systema Naturae. He placed it with the thrushes in the genus Turdus, coined the binomial name Turdus virens, and specified the type locality as "America". The specific epithet is Latin meaning 'green'. The locality has been restricted to South Carolina. Linnaeus based his account on the "yellow brested chat" that had been described and illustrated by the English naturalist Mark Catesby in his book The Natural History of Carolina, Florida and the Bahama Islands. It is now the only species placed in the genus Icteria that was introduced in 1808 by the French ornithologist Louis Pierre Vieillot. It is also the only species placed in the family Icteriidae that was introduced (as Icterieae) in 1858 by the American naturalist Spencer Baird.

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Closest Relatives at Cabo Pulmo National Park

Leiothlypis celata

Daily sighting probability ~50% · Likely

Geothlypis tolmiei

Daily sighting probability ~20% · Possible

LC Endemic

Setophaga petechia

Daily sighting probability ~10% · With luck

Geothlypis trichas

Daily sighting probability ~10% · With luck

Setophaga auduboni

Daily sighting probability Insufficient data

Cardellina pusilla

Daily sighting probability ~10% · With luck

Setophaga coronata

Daily sighting probability ~10% · With luck

Leiothlypis luciae

Daily sighting probability Insufficient data

Mniotilta varia

Daily sighting probability Insufficient data

Leiothlypis ruficapilla

Daily sighting probability Insufficient data

Setophaga nigrescens

Daily sighting probability Insufficient data

Setophaga townsendi

Daily sighting probability Insufficient data

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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

#	Park	Country	Daily sighting probability
1	Montes Azules Biosphere Reserve	🇲🇽 Mexico	~20%
2	Big Bend National Park	🇺🇸 United States	~20%
3	Biotopo Cerro Cahuí	🇬🇹 Guatemala	~10%
4	Cockscomb Basin Wildlife Sanctuary	🇧🇿 Belize	~10%
5	Lago de Yojoa	🇭🇳 Honduras	~10%
6	Channel Islands National Park	🇺🇸 United States	~10%
7	Zion National Park	🇺🇸 United States	<5%
8	Great Smoky Mountains National Park	🇺🇸 United States	<5%
9	Death Valley National Park	🇺🇸 United States	<5%
10	Calakmul Biosphere Reserve	🇲🇽 Mexico	<5%
11	Redwood National Park	🇺🇸 United States	<5%
12	Tikal National Park	🇬🇹 Guatemala	<5%
13	Bahía de Loreto National Park	🇲🇽 Mexico	<5%
14	Badlands National Park	🇺🇸 United States	<5%
15	Shenandoah National Park	🇺🇸 United States	<5%
16	Congaree National Park	🇺🇸 United States	<5%
17	Cerro Azul Meámbar National Park	🇭🇳 Honduras	<5%
18	El Vizcaíno Biosphere Reserve	🇲🇽 Mexico	<5%
19	Celestún Biosphere Reserve	🇲🇽 Mexico	<5%
20	Sian Ka'an Biosphere Reserve	🇲🇽 Mexico	<5%
21	Cañón del Sumidero National Park	🇲🇽 Mexico	<5%
22	Everglades National Park	🇺🇸 United States	<5%
23	Guadalupe Mountains National Park	🇺🇸 United States	<5%
24	Saguaro National Park	🇺🇸 United States	<5%
25	Point Pelee National Park	🇨🇦 Canada	<5%
26	Ría Lagartos Biosphere Reserve	🇲🇽 Mexico	<5%
27	Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks	🇺🇸 United States	<5%
28	Grand Canyon National Park	🇺🇸 United States	<5%
29	Joshua Tree National Park	🇺🇸 United States	<5%
30	Grand Teton National Park	🇺🇸 United States	<5%
31	Yosemite National Park	🇺🇸 United States	<5%
32	Arenal Volcano National Park	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	<5%
33	Braulio Carrillo National Park	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	<5%
34	Rocky Mountain National Park	🇺🇸 United States	<5%
35	Acadia National Park	🇺🇸 United States	<5%
36	La Amistad International Park (Panama)	🇵🇦 Panama	<5%
37	Cabo Pulmo National Park	🇲🇽 Mexico	Insufficient data
38	Isla del Coco National Park	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	Insufficient data
39	El Triunfo	🇲🇽 Mexico	Insufficient data
40	Pico Bonito National Park	🇭🇳 Honduras	Insufficient data
41	La Tigra National Park	🇭🇳 Honduras	Insufficient data
42	Manuel Antonio National Park	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	Insufficient data
43	Arrecifes de Cozumel National Park	🇲🇽 Mexico	Insufficient data
44	Bastimentos Island National Marine Park	🇵🇦 Panama	Insufficient data
45	Tortuguero National Park	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	Insufficient data
46	Masaya Volcano National Park	🇳🇮 Nicaragua	Insufficient data
47	Glacier National Park	🇺🇸 United States	Insufficient data
48	Carara National Park	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	Insufficient data
49	Monteverde Cloud Forest Reserve	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	Insufficient data

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Yellow-breasted Chat

About the Yellow-breasted Chat

Closest Relatives at Cabo Pulmo National Park

Orange-crowned Warbler

MacGillivray's Warbler

Yellow Warbler

Common Yellowthroat

Audubon's Warbler

Wilson's Warbler

Yellow-rumped Warbler

Lucy's Warbler

Black-and-white Warbler

Nashville Warbler

Black-throated Gray Warbler

Townsend's Warbler

Global Distribution

Parks Where Found