#1034 · 🐦 birds

Gray Catbird

🇳🇱 Katvogel ·Dumetella carolinensis

LCleast concern 🐦 Birds 📍 in Europe, not in NL

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what is it?

The gray catbird ( Dumetella carolinensis ), also spelled grey catbird , is a medium-sized North American and Central American perching bird of the mimid family. It is the only member of the "catbird" genus Dumetella . Like the black catbird ( Melanoptila glabrirostris ), it is among the basal lineages of the Mimidae, probably a closer relative of the Caribbean thrasher and trembler assemblage than of the mockingbirds and Toxostoma thrashers. In some areas it is known as the slate-colored mockingbird .

base stats

NL sightings 0iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 113,388iNaturalist observations
weight 39.6 gadult, up to
threat LCleast concern

Bars compare against all animals on log scales: up to 300,000 Dutch and 600,000 worldwide sightings (the most-seen species), 150 t (blue whale), 30 m and 400 years (Greenland shark).

fun facts

No confirmed wild sightings in the Netherlands on iNaturalist: you'd have to travel for this one.
113,388 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
Weighs only about 40 g.
Scientifically named in 1766 (260 years ago).