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 Las Baulas Marine National Park
Tropical Mockingbird
Mimus gilvus
Great Kiskadee
Pitangus sulphuratus
Great-tailed Grackle
Quiscalus mexicanus
Tropical Kingbird
Tyrannus melancholicus
Rufous-backed Wren
Campylorhynchus capistratus
Streak-backed Oriole
Icterus pustulatus
Yellow Warbler
Setophaga petechia
White-Throated Magpie-Jay
Calocitta formosa
Melodious Blackbird
Dives dives
Brown-crested Flycatcher
Myiarchus tyrannulus
Gray-breasted Martin
Progne chalybea
White-lored Gnatcatcher
Polioptila albiloris
📅 Monthly Probability
Fewer than 5 records of Gray Catbird at Las Baulas Marine National Park — 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