Northern Mockingbird
Mimus polyglottos
- KingdomAnimalia (Animals)
- PhylumChordata (Cordats)
- ClassAves (Aus)
- OrderPasseriformes
- FamilyMimidae (Mímids)
- GenusMimus (Typical Mockingbirds)
- SpeciesMimus polyglottos (Northern Mockingbird)
Closest Relatives at Big Bend National Park
Curve-billed Thrasher
Toxostoma curvirostre
Crissal Thrasher
Toxostoma crissale
Gray Catbird
Dumetella carolinensis
Sage Thrasher
Oreoscoptes montanus
Brown Thrasher
Toxostoma rufum
Long-billed Thrasher
Toxostoma longirostre
Common Raven
Corvus corax
House Finch
Haemorhous mexicanus
Cactus Wren
Campylorhynchus brunneicapillus
Pyrrhuloxia
Cardinalis sinuatus
Yellow-rumped Warbler
Setophaga coronata
Ash-throated Flycatcher
Myiarchus cinerascens
📅 Monthly Probability
☀️ When They're Spotted
Most active during daytime hours (6am–6pm) · across all parks (global)
Global Distribution
Where this species is recorded worldwide. Restricted to human observations from 2019 onwards — the same kind of record and the same period the probabilities on this page are built from, so collar-tracking studies, camera-trap arrays and museum specimens are excluded. Around Santa Rosa that removes 5,924 GPS fixes from a handful of tagged jaguars.
where this species is recorded (GBIF density — it tracks where observers go, not how likely a sighting is) · parks where it occurs — tap a pin for the sighting probability there
Parks Where Found
Quick answers
What are the chances of seeing a Northern Mockingbird in Big Bend National Park?
About 68% of visitor-days record a Northern Mockingbird sighting in Big Bend National Park, based on 3045 observer-days of citizen-science data from GBIF.
When is the best time to see Northern Mockingbird in Big Bend National Park?
May has the highest sighting rate for Northern Mockingbird in Big Bend National Park in our monthly data.