Mimus gilvus
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In 3 days ~50% in a week ~80%
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 20% of wildlife watchers report a Tropical Mockingbird sighting in San José on a given day, based on 3,925 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 35th most-seen of the 379 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 50%, and over a week to about 80%, if each day is a fresh chance.
August to October
In those months about 30% of wildlife watchers report a Tropical Mockingbird in San José on a given day, against about 10% in January to May, the lowest months. Those are among San José's wettest months, with about 250 mm of rain a month against 20 mm in February.
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.
10th of 17
Of the 17 cities where we can rate Tropical Mockingbird sightings, San José ranks 10th at about 20%. The best odds are in Maracaibo (Venezuela, about 90%), Salvador (Brazil, about 40%) and Bogota (Colombia, about 40%).
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Tropical Mockingbird is recorded against all the birds logged in San José (3,925 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.
