Listen to the Yellow-breasted chat
Tip: press play to see the sound's live frequency spectrum in blue over the waveform.
About the Yellow-breasted chat
The Yellow-breasted chat is a bird (order Passeriformes). Its conservation status on the IUCN Red List is “least concern”. Adults weigh around 3 g.
What does the Yellow-breasted chat sound like?
Bird vocalisations are usually divided into songs – longer, often complex phrases used to defend territory and attract mates, sung mostly by males in the breeding season – and calls: short, simple sounds for contact, alarm, begging or flight.
The recordings here are labelled as song. Listen for differences in rhythm, pitch and repetition – the spectrum display makes it easy to see whether a sound is a pure whistle (a thin line), a harsh call (a broad band) or a trill (rapid repeated marks).
From Wikipedia
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.
Frequently asked questions
What does a Yellow-breasted chat sound like?
You can hear 2 recordings of the Yellow-breasted chat on this page, including its song. Bird vocalisations are usually divided into songs – longer, often complex phrases used to defend territory and attract mates, sung mostly by males in the breeding season – and calls: short, simple sounds for contact, alarm, begging or flight.
Is the Yellow-breasted chat endangered?
The IUCN Red List classifies the Yellow-breasted chat as “least concern”.
Sources & credits
- Song · Oak Draw Rd, Custer State Park, South Dakota, United States by Jonathon Jongsma – CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
- Song by Jonathon Jongsma – CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
- Wikidata Q787047 – CC0
- Wikipedia: Yellow-breasted chat – CC BY-SA 4.0
- Photo by tcantrell52 – CC BY 4.0