Gray Catbird
Dumetella carolinensis
- KingdomAnimalia (Animals)
- PhylumChordata (Cordats)
- ClassAves (Aus)
- OrderPasseriformes
- FamilyMimidae (Mímids)
- GenusDumetella
- SpeciesDumetella carolinensis (Gray Catbird)
The gray catbird (Dumetella carolinensis), also spelled grey catbird, is a medium-sized North American and Central American perching bird of the mimid family. It is the only member of the "catbird" genus Dumetella. Like the black catbird (Melanoptila glabrirostris), it is among the basal lineages of the Mimidae, probably a closer relative of the Caribbean thrasher and trembler assemblage than of the mockingbirds and Toxostoma thrashers. In some areas it is known as the slate-colored mockingbird. Wikipedia →
Closest Relatives at El Triunfo
Blue-and-white Mockingbird
Melanotis hypoleucus
Clay-colored Thrush
Turdus grayi
Melodious Blackbird
Dives dives
Social Flycatcher
Myiozetetes similis
Red-legged Honeycreeper
Cyanerpes cyaneus
Wilson's Warbler
Cardellina pusilla
Dusky-capped Flycatcher
Myiarchus tuberculifer
Rufous-capped Warbler
Basileuterus rufifrons
Yellow-winged Tanager
Thraupis abbas
Black-headed Saltator
Saltator atriceps
Long-tailed Manakin
Chiroxiphia linearis
Green Jay
Cyanocorax yncas
📅 Monthly Probability
Fewer than 5 records of Gray Catbird at El Triunfo — not enough to chart months honestly.
☀️ When They're Spotted
Most active during daytime hours (6am–6pm) · across all parks (global)
Global Distribution
Where this species is recorded worldwide. Restricted to human observations from 2019 onwards — the same kind of record and the same period the probabilities on this page are built from, so collar-tracking studies, camera-trap arrays and museum specimens are excluded. Around Santa Rosa that removes 5,924 GPS fixes from a handful of tagged jaguars.
where this species is recorded (GBIF density — it tracks where observers go, not how likely a sighting is) · parks where it occurs — tap a pin for the sighting probability there