#not-warblers

Red-breasted Chat (type species) by John Cahill

The three species of this genus look remarkably similar and can be hard to tell apart by pictures alone, though the Grey-throated Chat is less dark than its two sister species. Thankfully their range is the help here, with Rose-breasted Chat being a South American bird and Red-breasted Chat being a Mexican bird. Grey-throated spans some of the gap between the two.

Rose-breasted Chat (Granatellus pelzelni)

IUCN Rating: Least Concern

Range: resident; central Colombia, Venezuela, Guyana, Suriname, and French Guiana, as well as much of central Brazil

Habitat: tropical rainforests and their edges, but also tolerates drier deciduous forest; typically by rivers or lagoons at their interior

Subspecies: 2

Wrenthrush (Zeledonia coronata)

IUCN Rating: Least Concern

Range: resident; Costa Rica to western Panama, purely in the highlands

Habitat: montane evergreen and elfin forests, especially near streams; a big fan of wet, fog-covered regions.

Subspecies: none

Red-breasted Chat (Granatellus venustus)

IUCN Rating: Least Concern

Range: resident; found along the western edge of Mexico

Habitat: arid to semi-arid thorn forest and scrubby woodland, as well as open second-growth with a dense understory

Subspecies: 2

Gray-throated Chat (Granatellus sallaei)

IUCN Rating: Least Concern

Range: resident; southern Mexico, especially the Yucatan, as well as Belize and Guatemala

Habitat: lowland forests and their edges in dry and semi-humid areas

Subspecies: 2