Yellow-breasted chat

Weight

24.9 gsrc for Weight

Length

Not recorded

Lifespan

8.9 yearssrc for Lifespan

Diet

Invertivoresrc for Diet

Longest recorded lifespan

8.92 years

Main food

Not recorded

Habitat

forestsrc for Habitat

Egg incubation

11 dayssrc for Egg incubation

Young per litter or clutch

3.79 – 3.9src for Young per litter or clutch

Age at maturity

12 monthssrc for Age at maturity

Litters or clutches a year

1.5src for Litters or clutches a year

Lifestyle

Perchingsrc for Lifestyle

Migration

Sedentarysrc for Migration

Conservation status

Least Concern (IUCN)src for Conservation status

Countries on record

Not recorded

Not recorded

The yellow-breasted chat is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List: it is not currently at risk of extinction.

1. LCLeast Concern
2. NTNear Threatened
3. VUVulnerable
4. ENEndangered
5. CRCritically Endangered
6. EWExtinct in the Wild
7. EXExtinct

Category via Wikidata (CC0). Find the full assessment on the IUCN Red List. See all Least Concern species.

1. kingdomAnimalia
2. phylumChordata
3. classAves
4. orderPasseriformes
5. familyIcteriidae
6. genusIcteria
7. SpeciesIcteria virens (Linnaeus, 1758)

Synonyms Icteria dumicola, Icteria longicauda, Icteria viridis, Muscicapa viridis, Pipra polyglotta, Turdus virens

Catalogue of LifeWikipediaiNaturalistTAXREFWikidataWoRMSIUCN Red List

LC, Least Concern

House sparrow

Passer domesticus

Passeridae

LC, Least Concern

Common raven

Corvus corax

Corvidae

LC, Least Concern

Eurasian magpie

Pica pica

Corvidae

LC, Least Concern

Common blackbird

Turdus merula

Turdidae

LC, Least Concern

European robin

Erithacus rubecula

Muscicapidae

LC, Least Concern

Eurasian golden oriole

Oriolus oriolus

Oriolidae

CompareYellow-breasted chat vs House sparrowYellow-breasted chat vs Common ravenYellow-breasted chat vs Eurasian magpieYellow-breasted chat vs Common blackbird

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@misc{yellow_breasted_chat_2026,
  title = {Yellow-breasted chat (Icteria virens)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/yellow-breasted-chat},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}