Yellow-breasted Chat
Icteria virens(Linnaeus, C, 1758)
English (US) Yellow-breasted Chat
The Yellow-breasted Chat (Icteria virens) is a bird species documented in the AviList Global Avian Checklist. On BirdGuides.io, 0 professional guides specialise in helping birdwatchers observe this species. It belongs to the family Icteridae (New World Blackbirds, Troupials, and Allies) in the order Passeriformes.
- Scientific name
- Icteria virens
- Order
- Passeriformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Yellow-breasted Chat
- Described by
- (Linnaeus, C, 1758)
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Add Your ExpertiseRecognised subspecies
The AviList checklist recognises 2 subspecies for this species.
- Icteria virens auricollis
- Icteria virens virens
Taxonomic history
- First described as
- Turdus virens
- Described by
- (Linnaeus, C, 1758)
- Type locality
- America ; restricted to South Carolina, 200 or 300 miles from the sea, by Amer. Ornith. Union, 1910, Check-list North Amer. Birds, ed. 3, p. 324.
- Original description
- Systema Naturæ per Regna Tria Naturæ, Secundum Classes, Ordines, Genera, Species, cum Characteribus, Differentiis, Synonymis, Locis. Tomus I. Editio decima, reformata 1 p.171
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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