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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A bird on a branch Locality Tulum, Quintana Roo State, Yucatán Peninsula, Mexico (Southern)
Juan Sanabria 1 August 2009 3 years ago 26 sec 4.5 -
A bird on a branch, somewhat alert. Locality Cozumel Island, Quintana Roo State, Yucatán Peninsula, Mexico (Southern) (Monotypic species)
Pieter de Groot Boersma 13 August 2005 6 years ago 25 sec 4.5 -
A bird in a tree, preening and calling Locality San Gervasio, Cozumel Island, Quintana Roo State, Yucatán Peninsula, Mexico (Southern) (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 23 September 2006 6 years ago 57 sec 4.4 -
A bird in a tree, flicking the wings Locality Felipe Carrillo Puerto, Quintana Roo State, Yucatán Peninsula, Mexico (Southern) (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 27 September 2006 6 years ago 38 sec 4.4 -
A bird perched on a twig, alert Locality San Gervasio, Cozumel Island, Quintana Roo State, Yucatán Peninsula, Mexico (Southern) (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 23 September 2006 6 years ago 24 sec 3.7 -
Perched bird moves to another branch and spits out a seed. Locality Grand Sirenis Resort, Akumal, Quintana Roo State, Yucatán Peninsula, Mexico (Southern) (Monotypic species)
Ken Simonite 5 January 2013 12 weeks ago 17 sec 3.5
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Perched adult.
Locality Grand Sirenis Resort, Akumal, Quintana Roo State, Yucatán Peninsula, Mexico (Southern) (Monotypic species)
Ken Simonite 5 January 2013 12 weeks ago 3.7 -
A forest edge
Locality Akumal, Quintana Roo State, Yucatán Peninsula, Mexico (Southern)
Guy Poisson 23 December 2012 22 weeks ago 3.6 -
A bird in forest edge
Locality Cozumel Island, Quintana Roo State, Yucatán Peninsula, Mexico (Southern) (Monotypic species)
monicayhector 1 October 2006 3 years ago 2.4
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