Gray catbird: Where It Lives, Map & Facts

Where the gray catbird lives – recorded in 14 countries, with quick facts from Wikidata and an introduction from Wikipedia.

Scientific name	Dumetella carolinensis
Group	Songbirds & perching birds
Status	Least concern (Wikidata, IUCN category label)
Found in	14 countries
Continents	North America
Mass	3.8 g (birth weight); 35.7 g (male organism, adult weight); 39.6 g (female organism, adult weight)
Class	Bird
Order	Passeriformes
Family	Mimidae

Where does the gray catbird live?

Open-licence (CC0 / CC BY) wild records published on GBIF place the gray catbird in 14 countries and territories across North America. Wikidata gives its range as: South America.

Countries with at least a handful of records (a minimum share of the species’ records, to leave out vagrants and escapes). Records with coordinates only; captive and fossil records excluded.

How big is a gray catbird?

Wikidata records the following for the gray catbird: mass 3.8 g (birth weight); 35.7 g (male organism, adult weight); 39.6 g (female organism, adult weight).

Is the gray catbird endangered?

The gray catbird’s conservation status recorded in Wikidata is “Least concern” (an IUCN Red List category label). Source: Wikidata.

What kind of animal is the gray catbird?

The gray catbird (Dumetella carolinensis) is a bird in the order Passeriformes and the family Mimidae, genus Dumetella. (Taxonomy from Wikidata.)

About the gray catbird

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.

Text in “About” is quoted from the Wikipedia article Gray catbird (revision 1380253629), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: lead section excerpted verbatim, formatting removed. Quick facts, taxonomy and status: Wikidata Q831597 (CC0). Countries and pin: GBIF.org occurrence records (CC0 / CC BY 4.0).