Northern Mockingbird (Mimus polyglottos)
About the Northern Mockingbird
The northern mockingbird (Mimus polyglottos) is a mockingbird commonly found in North America, of the family Mimidae. The species is also found in some parts of the Caribbean, as well as on the Hawaiian Islands. It is typically a permanent resident across much of its range, but northern mockingbirds may move farther south during inclement weather or prior to the onset of winter. The northern mockingbird has gray to brown upper feathers and a paler belly. Its tail and wings have white patches which are visible in flight.
A real field recording of the Northern Mockingbird. Press play and focus on the rhythm and pitch of each phrase.
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Our streaming copies are mirrored from the original xeno-canto file and transcoded to 96 kbps mono — a modification, so we note it here; the licence for each recording is named in its credit below.
3 recordings on this page · licensed Public Domain / CC0 ×2 · CC BY-SA ×1 · mirrored on this server, free for commercial reuse · recorded in Canada, Cuba, Germany, Mexico, Puerto Rico, United Kingdom and elsewhere · xeno-canto lists 586 recordings for this species in total.
Similar species
- Bahama MockingbirdMimus gundlachiiprofile
- Brown-backed MockingbirdMimus dorsalisprofile
- Chalk-browed MockingbirdMimus saturninusrecording
- Chilean MockingbirdMimus thencaprofile
- Espanola MockingbirdMimus macdonaldiprofile
- Floreana MockingbirdMimus trifasciatusprofile
Species grouped by shared genus, family and range.