Red-breasted Chat (Granatellus venustus)

Other Names (World)
Red-breasted Chat, Red-breasted Warbler, Tres Marias Chat (francescae)

Family
Cardinalidae (Cardinals)

Size
13.50 - 14 cm

First Described (Guide)
Bonaparte, 1850

Habitat
Scrubby woods, thickets, overgrown clearings, borders. From sea-level - 1,200 m.

Range (Guide)

Mexico.

Rarity Status
Currently this species is not classified as a rarity in this country OR information has not been updated.

Population
Estimated population is 20,000 - 49,999 (2010).

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (18)...)

Red-breasted Chat (Granatellus venustus) [XC497412]
by Isain Contreras Rodr\u00edguez from , Mexico (song)

Red-breasted Chat (Granatellus venustus) [XC702553]
by Isain Contreras Rodr\u00edguez from Barra de Potos\u00ed, Petatl\u00e1n, Guerrero, Mexico (song)

Subspecies
Placement of genus in present family has been questioned; in particular, recent research indicates that it appears not to form part of a monophyletic parulid family, and a more recent study suggests that it may belong with the cardinals (Cardinalidae). This species forms a superspecies with Grey-throated Chat (Granatellus sallaei) and Rose-breasted Chat (Granatellus pelzelni). Subspecies francescae sometimes treated as a separate species on grounds of its geographical isolation and plumage differences.

Additional proposed subspecies melanotis (described from San Blas, in Nayarit) regarded as a synonym of nominate.

The following 2 subspecies are recognised:

venustus Bonaparte, 1850 - Western Mexico from Sinaloa south to Chiapas.
francescae Baird, SF, 1865 - Tres Marias Is, off Nayarit (western Mexico). Considered by some authors to be a distinct species, Tres Marias Chat (Granatellus francescae).

References
See References.

Files:

JPG files for Red-breasted Chat (Granatellus venustus) - 10 files

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