Northern Mockingbird
Mimus polyglottos
- KingdomAnimalia (Animals)
- PhylumChordata (Cordats)
- ClassAves (Aus)
- OrderPasseriformes
- FamilyMimidae (Mímids)
- GenusMimus (Typical Mockingbirds)
- SpeciesMimus polyglottos (Northern Mockingbird)
Closest Relatives at Big Cypress National Preserve
Gray Catbird
Dumetella carolinensis
Brown Thrasher
Toxostoma rufum
American Crow
Corvus brachyrhynchos
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
Polioptila caerulea
Palm Warbler
Setophaga palmarum
Northern Cardinal
Cardinalis cardinalis
Common Grackle
Quiscalus quiscula
White-eyed Vireo
Vireo griseus
Great Crested Flycatcher
Myiarchus crinitus
Yellow-rumped Warbler
Setophaga coronata
Common Yellowthroat
Geothlypis trichas
Boat-tailed Grackle
Quiscalus major
📅 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 Cypress National Preserve?
About 49% of visitor-days record a Northern Mockingbird sighting in Big Cypress National Preserve, based on 1068 observer-days of citizen-science data from GBIF.
When is the best time to see Northern Mockingbird in Big Cypress National Preserve?
October has the highest sighting rate for Northern Mockingbird in Big Cypress National Preserve in our monthly data.