Grey Catbird

Dumetella carolinensis (Linnaeus, 1766)

35 gWeight

The gray catbird (Dumetella carolinensis), also spelled grey catbird, is a medium-sized North American and Central American perching bird of the mimid family.

Busiest months: May · Most records: United States, Canada, Belize

Least Concern

Where and when it's recorded

Busiest months: May · Most records: United States, Canada, Belize

Grey Catbird has been recorded at 977 of the 8,276 birding hotspots we track, in 23 countries and regions.

Records by month Northern Hemisphere

Where it's recorded most

Magee Marsh – BoardwalkUnited States32,978 records
Central ParkUnited States22,066 records
Parker River NWRUnited States21,545 records

More places

Prospect ParkUnited States21,085 records
Montrose Point Bird Sanctuary, Lincoln Park, ChicagoUnited States19,612 records
Point Pelee National ParkCanada18,046 records
John Heinz NWR – impoundmentUnited States15,499 records
Cape Island – Higbee Beach WMAUnited States13,767 records
Audubon Corkscrew Swamp SanctuaryUnited States13,503 records
Mount Auburn CemeteryUnited States13,044 records

Countries and regions with the most records

United States Canada Belize Mexico Bermuda Cuba Honduras Guatemala

eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.

About

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.

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