Species profile
Gray Catbird
Dumetella carolinensis
Quick answer
Slate-grey skulker with a black cap and a cat-like mew.
- Scientific name
- Dumetella carolinensis
- Family
- Mimidae
- Order
- Passeriformes
- Genus
- Dumetella
- Conservation status
- Least Concern
Habitat
Dense thickets, hedgerows
Recording Gray Catbird in your journal
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Related species in Mimidae
- Bahama Mockingbird (Mimus gundlachii)
- Bendire's Thrasher (Toxostoma bendirei)
- Black Catbird (Melanoptila glabrirostris)
- Blue Mockingbird (Melanotis caerulescens)
- Blue-and-white Mockingbird (Melanotis hypoleucus)
- Brown Thrasher (Toxostoma rufum)
- Brown Trembler (Cinclocerthia ruficauda)
- Brown-backed Mockingbird (Mimus dorsalis)