Mimus gilvus
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In 3 days ~10% in a week ~30%
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 |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Tropical Mockingbird sighting in Gandoca-Manzanillo Wildlife Refuge on a given day, based on 85 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 162nd most-seen of the 329 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 10%, and over a week to about 30%, if each day is a fresh chance.
April and November–February
In those months about 10% of wildlife watchers report a Tropical Mockingbird in Gandoca-Manzanillo Wildlife Refuge on a given day, against under 5% in March and May–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.
34th of 50
Of the 50 parks where we can rate Tropical Mockingbird sightings, Gandoca-Manzanillo Wildlife Refuge ranks 34th at about 10%. The best odds are in Arrecifes de Cozumel National Park (Mexico, about 90%), Sian Ka'an Biosphere Reserve (Mexico, about 70%) and Main Ridge Forest Reserve (Trinidad and Tobago, about 70%). All parks ranked.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Tropical Mockingbird is recorded against all the birds logged in Gandoca-Manzanillo Wildlife Refuge (85 verified sightings from 2019 to 2026), 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.
