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

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A male singing at dawn Locality Decatur, Atlanta, Georgia, USA (United States) (ssp polyglottus)
Stuart Fisher 22 May 2010 2 years ago 4.5
A male singing rather hesitantly Locality Atlanta, Georgia, USA (United States)
Stuart Fisher 4 June 2009 3 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 2 years 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 3 years ago 4
Bird perched and singig against the wind near beach. Locality Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands
Antonio Silveira 6 March 2013 7 weeks ago 0