#1023 · 🐦 birds

Northern Mockingbird

🇳🇱 Spotlijster ·Mimus polyglottos

LCleast concern 🐦 Birds 📍 in Europe, not in NL

9 photos from iNaturalist (Creative Commons) · credits & licences

1. © Kevin Milazzo · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
2. © Ad Konings · CC BY-NC 4.0
3. © Shreybae · CC BY-NC 4.0
4. © Lee Jaffe · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
5. © Rob Langston · CC BY-NC 4.0
6. © Craig K. Hunt · CC BY-NC 4.0
7. © Marco Polo amarillas vargas · CC BY-NC 4.0
8. © Morgan Caygill · CC BY 4.0
9. © Dan Treadwell · CC BY-NC 4.0

what is it?

The northern mockingbird ( Mimus polyglottos ) is the only mockingbird commonly found in North America. This bird is mainly a permanent resident, but northern birds may move south during harsh weather. This species has rarely been observed in Europe. This species was first described by Linnaeus in his Systema Naturæ in 1758 as Turdus polyglottos. ' The northern...

base stats

NL sightings 0iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 246,914iNaturalist observations
weight 48 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.
246,914 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
Weighs only about 48 g.
Scientifically named in 1758 (268 years ago).