#dumetella

[herpsandbirds]

Gray Catbird (Dumetella carolinensis), EAT A TASTY BERRY!!!, family Mimidae, order Passeriformes, Long Island, NY, USA

Porcelain Berry.

photograph by Jay Koolpix

[flighty-flycatcher]

📍 Location: Chapel Hill, North Carolina 🗓 Date: April 27, 2025 🐾 Media: Image 🌿 Species: Gray Catbird (Dumetella carolinensis) 📝 Notes: Medium-sized songbird commonly found in dense shrubs, thickets, forest edges, and overgrown habitats. Slate-gray plumage with a darker cap and a subtle rusty patch under the tail, usually hidden unless the bird is active or agitated.

Known for its varied vocalizations, including mimicry of other bird calls and a distinctive “cat-like” mewing sound. Often stays hidden in dense vegetation, making it more often heard than seen.

🔗 iNaturalist: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/274935986

[saritawolf]

Gray Catbird (fledgeling) (Dumetella carolinensis) - (c) SaritaWolf - please do not repost

[haveyouseenthisbirdpoll]

Have you seen a Grey catbird (Dumetella carolinensis)?

Yes, in nature

Yes, in captivity

No, only in pictures/taxidermy/I've only heard of it

No, and I have never heard of this bird

No, but I have heard one

I might have/I'm not sure

Voting ended onJun 3, 2024

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[birdblues]

Grey Catbird

[dendroica]

Catbird at Edwin B. Forsythe National Wildlife Refuge (via U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Northeast Region)

Credit: Kyle Chelius/USFWS

[emmifolder]

gray catbird (Dumetella carolinensis) in the back yard

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[herpsandbirds]

Gray Catbird (Dumetella carolinensis), EAT THE TASTY BERRIES!!!, family Mimidae, order Passeriformes, Edmonton, ALB, Canada

photograph by Ron Kemp