Large and bulky with a long tail and big head. Note yellow breast, white spectacles, and white mustache stripe.
Large and bulky with a long tail and big head. Note yellow breast, white spectacles, and white mustache stripe.
Small but bulky songbird with big chest, long tail, and heavy bill. Makes many kinds of calls, including a low, chattering scold and more musical. burbling notes.
Large and bulky with a long tail and big head. Note yellow breast, white spectacles, and white mustache stripe. Eastern birds have a shorter mustache stripe.
Tends to skulk in low, dense vegetation, where it can be difficult to see.
Often eats fruit outside of the breeding season.
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Chats are small songbirds but are larger and bulkier than warblers or vireos. They have a long tail, large head and a relatively thick, heavy bill.
Larger than a Yellow Warbler; smaller than an American Robin.
between sparrow and robinIndividuals that breed west of the western Great Plains and West Texas have a longer white malar or mustache stripe, slightly grayer upperparts, and slightly longer tails.
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