Northern Mockingbird
Mimus polyglottos
Least Concern (IUCN Red List)Mockingbirds and Thrashers
Call and song
Recording 1 · imitation, song
Recording 2
Recording 3
About the Northern Mockingbird
Gray with whitish underparts and long tail. In flight, it becomes much flashier with large white patches on the black wings and tail. Pale eye. Found in a variety of habitats with bushes and trees, from neighborhoods to desert scrub and old pastures. Mimics birds, car alarms, slamming doors, and other noises in its song, repeating a phrase 5-7 times before switching to next set of notes.
Species account: eBird.org, fetched 2025-12-26 · How these pages are made
Where it has been recorded
Recorded in 25 of the 253 countries we have eBird lists for. Each opens that country's checklist.
