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Gray Catbird
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Gray Catbird
Don't let the gray catbird fool you with its mimic calls. It can easily mimic popular backyard birds. Learn how to attract a gray catbird to your yard, and listen to its song.
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Gray Catbird ( Dumetella carolinensis )
Gray Catbird, Brooks, Alberta
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The Gray Catbird (Dumetella carolinensis) is a widespread breeding bird across much of the United States and Canada. The common name comes from the "cat-like" vocalizations the bird often gives.
Gray Catbird Behaviour
No observations regarding Gray Catbird behavior have been submitted to the database yet.
Interesting Facts about Gray Catbirds ...
Gray Catbird
(Dumetella carolinensis)
Status: Summer Resident.
Last recorded on site in 2010
Breeding Status:-
1987 to 1991: Confirmed
1992 to 1996: Confirmed
1997 to 2001: Confirmed
2002 to 2006: Confirmed
2007 to 2011: Confirmed ...
A Gray Catbird was banded as a juvenile in Pennsylvania on 18 August 1962 and found dead in Shelburne County on 7 October of the same year (H.F. Lewis).
Gray Catbird
Adult
Smooth dark gray overall
Darker cap
No white in wings
Rusty patch under tail
© Larry Meade, Springfield, Virginia, July 2008 ...
Gray Catbird Dumetella carolinensis. Breeder. Common in winter, spring, and fall in Gulf Coast region. In Inland Coastal Plain region, common in spring and fall, uncommon in winter and summer.
Gray Catbird
Summer Sighting Information: common
Nest on or near Refuge? yes
Yellow-breasted Chat
Summer Sighting Information: uncommon
Nest on or near Refuge? yes ...
A Gray Catbird's song is easily distinguished from that of the Northern Mockingbird or Brown Thrasher because the mockingbird repeats phrases 3-4 times, and the brown thrasher usually repeats each phrase twice, ...
Note that the Gray Catbird (Dumetella carolinensis) and Black Catbird (Melanoptila glabrirostris) from the Americas and the Abyssinian Catbird (Parophasma galinieri) from Africa are unrelated birds that belong to different families.
CAT-BIRD.
[Gray Catbird.]
ORPHEUS CAROLINENSIS, Linn.
[Dumatella carolinensis.] ...
American robins and gray catbirds (Dumetella carolinensis) usually eject foreign eggs from the nest.
The bulky nests of Gray Catbirds are usually well concealed deep within a leafy bush or thicket. Hummingbird nests are often constructed over water and covered with materials that blend in perfectly with the tree limb.
[...] with more lists of birds I'll just give you a couple of the highlights of my birding until Mike and Carrie met me at eight. I watched a Ruby-throated Hummingbird chase a Gray Catbird from a bush [...] ...
They are also known as mimic thrushes because some members of this family mimic the songs of other species.
Species in this family:
Brown Thrasher (Toxostoma rufum)
Gray Catbird (Dumetella carolinensis)
Northern Mockingbird (Mimus polyglottos) ...
(210) Black Guillemot (10) Common Redpoll (2)
EASTERN PT., GLOUCESTER (1015-1115) Gadwall (27) EARED GREBE (1)-usual Niles Beach indiv. in situ. Northern Goshawk (1 imm.) Gray Catbird (1)
Rick Heil S.Peabody,MA
:rsheil@juno.com ...
 See also: Catbird, Mockingbird, Robin, Sparrow, Thrasher
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