Mimus gilvus
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In 3 days ~80% in a week >90%
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 |
Likely
About 40% of wildlife watchers report a Tropical Mockingbird sighting in Caracas on a given day, based on 3,875 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 21st most-seen of the 295 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 80%, and over a week to over 90%, if each day is a fresh chance.
January
In that month about 50% of wildlife watchers report a Tropical Mockingbird in Caracas on a given day, against about 30% in June to September, the lowest months. That is one of Caracas's driest months, with about 40 mm of rain against 120 mm in August.
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.
4th of 17
Of the 17 cities where we can rate Tropical Mockingbird sightings, Caracas ranks 4th at about 40%. 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 Caracas (order Passeriformes, Perching Birds) are Blue-gray Tanager (about 90%), Tropical Kingbird (about 80%) and Southern House Wren (about 80%), 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 Caracas (3,875 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.
