Mockingbirds and Thrashers (Mimidae)
Northern Mockingbird (Mimus polyglottos) - HBW 10, p. 485
French: Moqueur polyglotte
German: Spottdrossel
Spanish: Sinsonte Norteño
Other common names: Common Mockingbird
Taxonomy: Turdus[] polyglottos Linnaeus, 1758, Virginia, USA.
Forms a superspecies, and sometimes considered conspecific, with M. gilvus; apparent hybrids between the two reported in S Mexico. Reported as interbreeding, probably rarely, with M. gundlachii in Caribbean. Race leucopterus sometimes merged with nominate. Proposed races elegans and delinificus (both from Bahamas), described largely on basis of whiter underparts, and dominicus (Haiti), supposedly with more white in wings, considered better treated within orpheus. Three subspecies recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- leucopterus (Vigors, 1839) - extreme SW Canada (S British Columbia E to S Manitoba) and W USA (E to Nebraska and Texas) S to S Mexico (rarely, to Isthmus of Tehuantepec), including Socorro I (off W Mexico) and many other offshore islands in Pacific Ocean and Gulf of California.
- polyglottos (Linnaeus, 1758) - extreme SE Canada and E USA.
- orpheus (Linneaus, 1758) - Bahamas S to Greater Antilles, Cayman Is and Virgin Is.
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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A frontal view of an adult perched and singing. Locality Ventura, Ventura County, California, USA (United States) (ssp leucopterus)
Don DesJardin 11 April 2008 2 years ago 42 sec 4.8 -
Adult feeding nestling. If you listen closely, the adult gives a single, low-pitched "cluck" which immediately causes the nestl Locality Riverside County, California, USA (United States)
Conan Guard 26 June 2009 2 years ago 17 sec 4.8 -
Adult performing nest maintenance. Eats invertebrate found in nest and carries off what looks like a piece of vegetation. Mate Locality Riverside County, California, USA (United States) (ssp leucopterus)
Conan Guard 28 June 2009 2 years ago 25 sec 4.5 -
A dorsal view of an adult perched and singing Locality Ventura, Ventura County, California, USA (United States) (ssp leucopterus)
Don DesJardin 29 February 2008 3 years ago 30 sec 4.5 -
A bird in a tree, singing Locality Greenwich Audubon Centre, Connecticut, USA (United States) (ssp polyglottos)
Josep del Hoyo 1 May 2006 5 years ago 36 sec 4.4 -
A frontal view of an adult perched and looking around Locality Ventura, Ventura County, California, USA (United States) (ssp leucopterus)
Don DesJardin 29 February 2008 3 years ago 29 sec 4.2
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Sitting in tree
Locality Guánica Dry Forest Reserve, Guánica, Puerto Rico
Bob Thompson 12 January 2010 2 years ago 4.2 -
Northern Mockingbird eating berries.
Locality Gilbert, Maricopa County, Arizona, USA (United States)
Alex Woodruff 1 January 2012 3 weeks ago ADDED LAST MONTH 4.1 -
Northern Mockingbird
Locality Riparian Preserve at Water Ranch, Gilbert, Maricopa County, Arizona, USA (United States)
Alex Woodruff 1 March 2011 17 weeks ago 4 -
Northern Mockingbird in Pokeweed bush
Locality Central Park, New York City, New York, USA (United States) (Monotypic species)
Bill Benish 13 September 2007 2 years ago 4 -
Northern Mockingbird
Locality Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Ed McAskill 11 April 2011 39 weeks ago 3.9 -
An adult on a fence.
Locality Punta Cana, Dominican Republic (ssp orpheus)
HVargas 12 March 2011 37 weeks ago 3.8
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A male singing at dawn Locality Decatur, Atlanta, Georgia, USA (United States)
(ssp polyglottus)
Stuart Fisher 22 May 2010 1 year ago 4.5 -
A male singing rather hesitantly Locality Atlanta, Georgia, USA (United States)
Stuart Fisher 4 June 2009 2 years ago 4.3 -
A bird alarm calling in a hedge Locality Jekyll Island, Glynn County, Georgia, USA (United States)
(ssp polyglottos)
Stuart Fisher 30 May 2010 1 year ago 4 -
An adult singing on a tree branch. Un adulto vocalizando desde la rama de un árbol. Locality Utuado, Puerto Rico
J. Gonzalez y F. Collazo 19 September 2006 2 years ago 4
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