Mimus gilvus
Silhouette: Anna Delesmillieres, Titouan Montessuit · PhyloPic
In 3 days ~10% in a week ~20%
The tropical mockingbird (Mimus gilvus) is a resident breeding bird from southern Mexico to northern and eastern South America and in the Lesser Antilles and other Caribbean islands. The tropical mockingbird has sometimes been considered conspecific with its closest living relative, the northern mockingbird (Milvus polyglottos) and forms a superspecies with it. The critically endangered Socorro mockingbird (M. graysoni) is also much closer to these two than previously believed.
The tropical mockingbird has these ten subspecies: Adult tropical mockingbirds are 23 to 25.5 cm (9.1 to 10.0 in) long. The mean weights of various subspecies vary greatly. Adults of the nominate subspecies... Wikipedia →
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Maracaibo | 🇻🇪 Venezuela | |
| 2 | Salvador | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 3 | Bogota | 🇨🇴 Colombia | |
| 4 | Caracas | 🇻🇪 Venezuela | |
| 5 | Panama City | 🇵🇦 Panama | |
| 6 | San Pedro Sula | 🇭🇳 Honduras | |
| 7 | Valencia | 🇻🇪 Venezuela | |
| 8 | Quito | 🇪🇨 Ecuador | |
| 9 | Vitória | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 10 | San José | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica |
Rare
Under 5% of wildlife watchers report a Tropical Mockingbird sighting in Barranquilla on a given day, based on 18 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 120th most-seen of the 153 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 10%, and over a week to about 20%, if each day is a fresh chance.
August and September
In those months about 10% of wildlife watchers report a Tropical Mockingbird in Barranquilla on a given day, against under 5% in October to July, the lowest months. Those are among Barranquilla's wettest months, with about 150 mm of rain a month against almost none in January.
Between 3 and 6 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Tropical Mockingbird sightings with a recorded time, and about 9 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
14th of 17
Of the 17 cities where we can rate Tropical Mockingbird sightings, Barranquilla ranks 14th at under 5%. The best odds are in Maracaibo (Venezuela, about 90%), Salvador (Brazil, about 40%) and Bogota (Colombia, about 40%).
Same order: Passeriformes
The closest relatives of the Tropical Mockingbird that you can see in Barranquilla (order Passeriformes, Perching Birds) are Great-tailed Grackle (about 80%), Carib Grackle (about 70%) and Tropical Kingbird (about 50%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Tropical Mockingbird is recorded against all the birds logged in Barranquilla (18 verified sightings), calibrated against known sighting rates. Figures are rounded to the nearest 10% because citizen-science data supports honest approximations, not decimals, and months with records from fewer than five people show "—". How it works.
