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 Ría Lagartos Biosphere Reserve on a given day, based on 454 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 34th most-seen of the 216 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.
August and October
In those months about 50% of wildlife watchers report a Tropical Mockingbird in Ría Lagartos Biosphere Reserve on a given day, against about 20% in February, the lowest month. Those are among Ría Lagartos Biosphere Reserve's wettest months, with about 110 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.
7th of 50
Of the 50 parks where we can rate Tropical Mockingbird sightings, Ría Lagartos Biosphere Reserve ranks 7th at about 40%. 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 Ría Lagartos Biosphere Reserve (454 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.
