Mimus gilvus
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In 3 days >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 |
Very likely
About 70% of wildlife watchers report a Tropical Mockingbird sighting in Sian Ka'an Biosphere Reserve on a given day, based on 1,901 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 2nd most-seen of the 288 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to over 90%, if each day is a fresh chance.
January–March and October–November
In those months about 80% of wildlife watchers report a Tropical Mockingbird in Sian Ka'an Biosphere Reserve on a given day, against about 60% in July, the lowest month.
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.
2nd of 50
Of the 50 parks where we can rate Tropical Mockingbird sightings, Sian Ka'an Biosphere Reserve ranks 2nd at about 70%. The best odds are in Arrecifes de Cozumel National Park (Mexico, about 90%). All parks ranked.
Same family: Mimidae
The closest relatives of the Tropical Mockingbird that you can see in Sian Ka'an Biosphere Reserve (family Mimidae, Mockingbirds and Thrashers) are Black Catbird (about 40%) and Gray Catbird (about 30%), 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 Sian Ka'an Biosphere Reserve (1,901 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.
