Mockingbirds and Thrashers (Mimidae)

Black Catbird (Melanoptila glabrirostris) - HBW 10, p. 479

French: Moqueur noir German: Glanzkatzenvogel Spanish: Pájaro-gato Negro

Taxonomy: M[elanoptila] glabrirostris P. L. Sclater, 1858, Omoa, Honduras.
Sometimes placed in genus Dumetella, to which present species certainly appears to be closely related. Separation of populations on Cozumel I (off NE Yucatán Peninsula) as race cozumelana appears unwarranted. Monotypic.

Distribution: Yucatán Peninsula S to S Campeche (Mexico), N Guatemala and N Belize, including Cozumel I and other nearby Caribbean reefs.

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