Mimus gilvus
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In 3 days ~60% 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 |
Possible
About 30% of wildlife watchers report a Tropical Mockingbird sighting in Quito on a given day, based on 653 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 23rd most-seen of the 167 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 60%, and over a week to about 90%, if each day is a fresh chance.
February–May and November–December
In those months about 30% of wildlife watchers report a Tropical Mockingbird in Quito on a given day, against about 20% in January and June–October, the lowest months.
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.
8th of 17
Of the 17 cities where we can rate Tropical Mockingbird sightings, Quito ranks 8th at about 30%. 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 Quito (order Passeriformes, Perching Birds) are Great Thrush (over 90%), Rufous-collared Sparrow (about 90%) and Black Flowerpiercer (about 60%), 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 Quito (653 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.
