Northern Mockingbird
Mimus polyglottos
- KingdomAnimalia (Animals)
- PhylumChordata (Cordats)
- ClassAves (Aus)
- OrderPasseriformes
- FamilyMimidae (Mímids)
- GenusMimus (Typical Mockingbirds)
- SpeciesMimus polyglottos (Northern Mockingbird)
Closest Relatives at Zion National Park
Crissal Thrasher
Toxostoma crissale
Sage Thrasher
Oreoscoptes montanus
Common Raven
Corvus corax
American Robin
Turdus migratorius
Spotted Towhee
Pipilo maculatus
Woodhouse's Scrub-Jay
Aphelocoma woodhouseii
House Finch
Haemorhous mexicanus
Canyon Wren
Catherpes mexicanus
Yellow Warbler
Setophaga petechia
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
Polioptila caerulea
Yellow-rumped Warbler
Setophaga coronata
Lesser Goldfinch
Spinus psaltria
📅 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 Zion National Park?
About 4% of visitor-days record a Northern Mockingbird sighting in Zion National Park, based on 62 observer-days of citizen-science data from GBIF.
When is the best time to see Northern Mockingbird in Zion National Park?
July has the highest sighting rate for Northern Mockingbird in Zion National Park in our monthly data.