Northern Mockingbird
Mimus polyglottos
- KingdomAnimalia (Animals)
- PhylumChordata (Cordats)
- ClassAves (Aus)
- OrderPasseriformes
- FamilyMimidae (Mímids)
- GenusMimus (Typical Mockingbirds)
- SpeciesMimus polyglottos (Northern Mockingbird)
Closest Relatives at Everglades National Park
Gray Catbird
Dumetella carolinensis
Brown Thrasher
Toxostoma rufum
Northern Cardinal
Cardinalis cardinalis
Palm Warbler
Setophaga palmarum
American Crow
Corvus brachyrhynchos
Boat-tailed Grackle
Quiscalus major
Common Grackle
Quiscalus quiscula
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
Polioptila caerulea
Red-winged Blackbird
Agelaius phoeniceus
White-eyed Vireo
Vireo griseus
European Starling
Sturnus vulgaris
Blue Jay
Cyanocitta cristata
📅 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 Everglades National Park?
About 71% of visitor-days record a Northern Mockingbird sighting in Everglades National Park, based on 8296 observer-days of citizen-science data from GBIF.
When is the best time to see Northern Mockingbird in Everglades National Park?
October has the highest sighting rate for Northern Mockingbird in Everglades National Park in our monthly data.