The Yellow-breasted Chat offers a cascade of song in the spring, when males deliver streams of whistles, cackles, chuckles, and gurgles with the fluidity of improvisational jazz. Females of this species tend to weigh between 22.6 to 30.9 g, which is larger than males, who range between 22.2 to 29.5 g. First he vocalizes from an exposed perch, often high in a tree; then he launches into an eye-catching display flight, continuing to sing while bouncing through the air with slow, deep wingbeats, head raised, and legs dangling – looking like an oversized, oddball bumblebee. Yellow-breasted chats are about 18.0 cm long. While establishing a territory in spring, the male Yellow-breasted Chat becomes more conspicuous than usual. Chat Comedy. The Yellow-breasted Chat offers a cascade of song in the spring, when males deliver streams of whistles, cackles, chuckles, and gurgles with the fluidity of improvisational jazz. ... Yellow-billed Cuckoo Yellow-Breasted Chat Yellow-Headed Blackbird Yellow-Rumped Warbler. I'm the designer of Wingspan. It’s seldom seen or heard during the rest of the year, when both males and females skulk silently in the shadows of dense thickets, gleaning insects and berries for food. What do they look like? Males have a wingspan of 74 to 81 mm, while females have a wingspan of 72 to 76 mm. 8 . I love your suggestions, and can confirm that you will see *many* of the North American birds posted here in the game. The bird is often hard to see, but sometimes it launches into the air to sing its odd song as it flies, with floppy wingbeats and dangling legs, above the thickets. Does the Belted Kingfisher collect a fish every time a bird card moves to the Wetlands from another habitat...as is the case for the Yellow-Breasted Chat... ie, the Chat was originally played in the Forest or the Grasslands, but, due to actions on it's present habitat, has It’s seldom seen or heard during the rest of the year, when both males and females skulk silently in the shadows of dense thickets, gleaning insects and berries for food.
Posted Mon Dec 10, 2018 6:29 pm; A bizarre series of hoots, whistles, and clucks, coming from the briar tangles, announces the presence of the Yellow-breasted Chat.