Northern mockingbird: Where It Lives, Map & Facts

Where the northern mockingbird lives – recorded in 13 countries, with quick facts from Wikidata and an introduction from Wikipedia.

Scientific name	Mimus polyglottos
Group	Songbirds & perching birds
Status	Least concern (Wikidata, IUCN category label)
Found in	13 countries
Continents	North America
Mass	48 g (adult weight)
Diet (main food)	butterfly, Acridomorpha, berry, Spider, lizard, beetle, tomato, Anolis, fruit, seed, flower, Formicidae, bee, caterpillar, wasps
Class	Bird
Order	Passeriformes
Family	Mimidae

Where does the northern mockingbird live?

Open-licence (CC0 / CC BY) wild records published on GBIF place the northern mockingbird in 13 countries and territories across North 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 northern mockingbird?

Wikidata records the following for the northern mockingbird: mass 48 g (adult weight).

What does a northern mockingbird eat?

Wikidata lists the main food source of the northern mockingbird as: butterfly, Acridomorpha, berry, Spider, lizard, beetle, tomato, Anolis, fruit, seed, flower, Formicidae, bee, caterpillar, wasps.

Is the northern mockingbird endangered?

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

What kind of animal is the northern mockingbird?

The northern mockingbird (Mimus polyglottos) is a bird in the order Passeriformes and the family Mimidae, genus Mimus. (Taxonomy from Wikidata.)

About the northern mockingbird

The northern mockingbird (Mimus polyglottos) is a mockingbird commonly found in North America, of the family Mimidae. The species is also found in some parts of the Caribbean, as well as on the Hawaiian Islands. It is typically a permanent resident across much of its range, but northern mockingbirds may move farther south during inclement weather or prior to the onset of winter. The northern mockingbird has gray to brown upper feathers and a paler belly. Its tail and wings have white patches which are visible in flight.

Text in “About” is quoted from the Wikipedia article Northern mockingbird (revision 1381001833), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: lead section excerpted verbatim, formatting removed. Quick facts, taxonomy and status: Wikidata Q829683 (CC0). Countries and pin: GBIF.org occurrence records (CC0 / CC BY 4.0).