Northern Mockingbird
Mimus polyglottos
- KingdomAnimalia (Animals)
- PhylumChordata (Cordats)
- ClassAves (Aus)
- OrderPasseriformes
- FamilyMimidae (Mímids)
- GenusMimus (Typical Mockingbirds)
- SpeciesMimus polyglottos (Northern Mockingbird)
Closest Relatives at Guadalupe Mountains National Park
Sage Thrasher
Oreoscoptes montanus
Curve-billed Thrasher
Toxostoma curvirostre
Crissal Thrasher
Toxostoma crissale
Brown Thrasher
Toxostoma rufum
Gray Catbird
Dumetella carolinensis
Spotted Towhee
Pipilo maculatus
Chipping Sparrow
Spizella passerina
House Finch
Haemorhous mexicanus
Canyon Towhee
Melozone fusca
Rock Wren
Salpinctes obsoletus
Woodhouse's Scrub-Jay
Aphelocoma woodhouseii
Rufous-crowned Sparrow
Aimophila ruficeps
📅 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 Guadalupe Mountains National Park?
About 36% of visitor-days record a Northern Mockingbird sighting in Guadalupe Mountains National Park, based on 216 observer-days of citizen-science data from GBIF.
When is the best time to see Northern Mockingbird in Guadalupe Mountains National Park?
June has the highest sighting rate for Northern Mockingbird in Guadalupe Mountains National Park in our monthly data.