Tropical mockingbird / Tropenspottdrossel (Mimus gilvus)

Tropical mockingbirds are not shy. 2023-04-21 09:48:50 Yucatan

Observations

First documented observation: 2023-03-26 in Yucatan. Most recent observation: 2023-04-21 in Yucatan.

Description

Classification: Genus Mimus (Mimus); Family Mimidae (Mimidae)
General: The tropical mockingbird (Mimus gilvus) is a resident breeding bird from southern Mexico south to northern Brazil, and in the Lesser Antilles and other Caribbean islands. The birds in Panama and Trinidad may have been introduced. The northern mockingbird (M. polyglottos) is its closest living relative, but the critically endangered Socorro mockingbird (M. graysoni) is also much closer to these two than previously believed .^[2] [more]