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 Volcán Barú National Park on a given day, based on 513 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 53rd most-seen of the 296 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.
November
In that month about 40% of wildlife watchers report a Tropical Mockingbird in Volcán Barú National Park on a given day, against about 20% in February, October and December, the lowest months. That is one of Volcán Barú National Park's wettest months, with about 440 mm of rain against 70 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 50
Of the 50 parks where we can rate Tropical Mockingbird sightings, Volcán Barú National Park ranks 10th at about 30%. 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.
Same order: Passeriformes
The closest relatives of the Tropical Mockingbird that you can see in Volcán Barú National Park (order Passeriformes, Perching Birds) are Rufous-collared Sparrow (about 70%), Gray-breasted Wood-Wren (about 60%) and Clay-colored Thrush (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 Volcán Barú National Park (513 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.
