Gray Catbird
Dumetella carolinensis
- KingdomAnimalia (Animals)
- PhylumChordata (Cordats)
- ClassAves (Aus)
- OrderPasseriformes
- FamilyMimidae (Mímids)
- GenusDumetella
- SpeciesDumetella carolinensis (Gray Catbird)
Closest Relatives at Death Valley National Park
Northern Mockingbird
Mimus polyglottos
Le Conte's Thrasher
Toxostoma lecontei
Bendire's Thrasher
Toxostoma bendirei
Sage Thrasher
Oreoscoptes montanus
California Thrasher
Toxostoma redivivum
Crissal Thrasher
Toxostoma crissale
Brown Thrasher
Toxostoma rufum
Common Raven
Corvus corax
House Finch
Haemorhous mexicanus
White-crowned Sparrow
Zonotrichia leucophrys
Yellow-rumped Warbler
Setophaga coronata
Say's Phoebe
Sayornis saya
📅 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 Gray Catbird in Death Valley National Park?
About 1% of visitor-days record a Gray Catbird sighting in Death Valley National Park, based on 12 observer-days of citizen-science data from GBIF.
When is the best time to see Gray Catbird in Death Valley National Park?
October has the highest sighting rate for Gray Catbird in Death Valley National Park in our monthly data.