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Species
Least Concernblackbird
SPECIES
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumChordata
- ClassAves
- OrderPasseriformes
- FamilyMimidae
Maximum longevity: 17.9 years (wild) Observations: Average longevity in the wild is about 2.5 years (http://www.fs.fed.us/database/feis/).
via GBIF · IUCN
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 11,098
- With media
- 1,024
- Family
- Mimidae
- Collections
- RBINS-SCIENTIFIC HERITAGE, SEMAHN, MVZ, DMNS
- Recorded in
- United States, Mexico
Bird sounds
- song· United States· quality A
- song· United States· quality A
- call· United States· quality A
- call· Canada· quality A
via Xeno-canto
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- taxon
- Mass
- 39.6
- Image
- Graycatbird-WashParkCedarFallsIowa-20220506.jpg
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- taxon rank
- species
- IUCN conservation status
- Least Concern
- taxon name
- Dumetella carolinensis
- Commons category
- Dumetella carolinensis
- Commons gallery
- Dumetella carolinensis
- taxon common name
- pássaro-gato-cinzento
- diel cycle
- diurnality
- short name
- D. carolinensis
- taxon range
- South America
- taxon author citation
- (Linnaeus, 1766)
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Encyclopedic overview
A gray catbird standing in the grass 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.
Taxonomy
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Dumetella carolinensis” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.