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Northern mockingbird

Mimus polyglottos · Family Mimidae

Mimus polyglottos

Family Mimidae

Order
Passeriformes
Family
Mimidae
GBIF occurrence records
11,842,169
Countries and territories with records
33
Northern mockingbird
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About this species

This species has 11,842,169 occurrence records from 33 countries and territories (GBIF, 21 October 2026). The United States accounts for 96.8% of the records; no other country or territory reaches 1%. In the United States, this species accounts for 1% of all bird records in GBIF.

The scientific name Mimus polyglottos combines the genus name Mimus with the species epithet polyglottos. The Warbla app catalog lists 14 species of the genus Mimus; apart from this one, those with the most GBIF records are Mimus gilvus, Mimus saturninus and Mimus thenca.

The catalog has GBIF record counts for 34 species of the family Mimidae. This species has the most records among them. Its record count is 14.3 times the family average (830,852). The family Mimidae belongs to the order Passeriformes, which has 6,193 species in the Warbla app catalog.

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