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Icteria virens
This is a first spotting of a yellow breasted chat. It is the largest North American warbler. Has olive-green to olive-gray upperparts, brilliant yellow throat and breast. Belly and undertail are white. Eyes have white spectacles and dark eye patches. Bill is heavy and dark. Wings and tail are olive-green. Bill, legs, and feet are black.
Preferred habitats include dense thickets and brush, often with thorns, stream side tangles, and dry brushy hillsides. This yellow breasted chat was spotted in the bushes at a campground in the badlands of South Dakota.
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Thank you Alicelongmartin
Lovely picture, good information!