Tropical mockingbird
Mimus gilvus (Vieillot, 1808)
The tropical mockingbird (Mimus gilvus) is a species in the family Mimidae, order Passeriformes. Recorded adults weigh 52 g to 56 g. Its IUCN Red List status is Least Concern.
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Quick facts about the tropical mockingbird
- Weight
- 52 g – 56 gsrc for Weight
- Length
- Not recorded
- Lifespan
- Not recorded
- Diet
- Invertivoresrc for Diet
- Main food
- Not recorded
- Habitat
- shrublandsrc for Habitat
- Egg incubation
- 14 dayssrc for Egg incubation
- Young per litter or clutch
- 2.8 – 2.9src for Young per litter or clutch
- Litters or clutches a year
- 3src for Litters or clutches a year
- Lifestyle
- Generalistsrc for Lifestyle
- Migration
- Sedentarysrc for Migration
- Conservation status
- Least Concern (IUCN)src for Conservation status
- Countries on record
- Not recorded
Where does the tropical mockingbird live?
Not recorded
What is the tropical mockingbird?
The tropical mockingbird (Mimus gilvus) is a resident breeding bird from southern Mexico to northern and eastern South America and in the Lesser Antilles and other Caribbean islands.
From the Wikipedia article “Tropical mockingbird” (en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Tropical_mockingbird&oldid=1315319473), by Wikipedia contributors, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0). This block is kept separate from our own text.
Is the tropical mockingbird endangered?
The tropical mockingbird is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List: it is not currently at risk of extinction.
- LCLeast Concern
- NTNear Threatened
- VUVulnerable
- ENEndangered
- CRCritically Endangered
- EWExtinct in the Wild
- EXExtinct
Category via Wikidata (CC0). Find the full assessment on the IUCN Red List. See all Least Concern species.
How is the tropical mockingbird classified?
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumChordata
- classAves
- orderPasseriformes
- familyMimidae
- genusMimus
- SpeciesMimus gilvus (Vieillot, 1808)
Synonyms Turdus gilvus
Other names and names in other languages (41)
- Southern mockingbirdEnglish
- Сив присмехулникBulgarian
- mim de les sabanesCatalan
- drozdec tropickýCzech
- Gwatwarwr TrofannolWelsh
- TropespottedrosselDanish
- TropenspottdrosselGerman
- tropika mokbirdoEsperanto
- ChicaSpanish
- Centzontle tropicalSpanish
- Cenzontle TropicalSpanish
- Mirla blancaSpanish
- Pájaro-imitador tropicalSpanish
- Paraulata LlaneraSpanish
- SinsonteSpanish
- Sinsonte comúnSpanish
- Sinsonte tropicalSpanish
- tropiikkimatkijaFinnish
- Moqueur des savanesFrench
- sivoleđi raznopojacCroatian
- Mimo tropicaleItalian
- フナシマネシツグミJapanese
- atogrąžinis mėgdžiotojasLithuanian
- Tropische SpotlijsterDutch
- Caraïbische spotlijsterDutch
- tropespottefuglNorwegian
- ChuchubiPapiamento
- przedrzeźniacz siwyPolish
- mimo-tropicalPortuguese
- sabiá-da-praiaPortuguese
- Саванный пересмешникRussian
- Тропический пересмешникRussian
- Тропический певчий пересмешникRussian
- spevák tropickýSlovak
- Tropska rugalicaSerbian
- tropikhärmtrastSwedish
- Tropisk härmtrastSwedish
- Tropikal TaklitçiTurkish
- пересмішник сивийUkrainian
- 热带小嘲鸫Chinese
- 熱帶小嘲鶇Chinese
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Relatives of the tropical mockingbird
Other species in the same genus Mimus.
Northern mockingbird
Mimus polyglottos
Española mockingbird
Mimus macdonaldi
Chalk-browed mockingbird
Mimus saturninus
Galápagos mockingbird
Mimus parvulus
Brown-backed mockingbird
Mimus dorsalis
Long-tailed mockingbird
Mimus longicaudatus
CompareTropical mockingbird vs Northern mockingbirdTropical mockingbird vs Española mockingbirdTropical mockingbird vs Chalk-browed mockingbirdTropical mockingbird vs Galápagos mockingbird
Common questions
Answered only where our data holds the answer.
How big is the tropical mockingbird?
An adult tropical mockingbird weighs 52 g – 56 g, according to values recorded on Wikidata.
Is the tropical mockingbird endangered?
The tropical mockingbird is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List, meaning it is not currently at risk of extinction.
What kind of animal is the tropical mockingbird?
The tropical mockingbird (Mimus gilvus) belongs to the family Mimidae in the order Passeriformes.
Sources and how to cite this page
Data as of 2026-11-11. How this page is put together.
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Myhrvold, N.P., Baldridge, E., Chan, B., Sivam, D., Freeman, D.L. & Ernest, S.K.M. (2015) An amniote life-history database to perform comparative analyses with birds, mammals, and reptiles. Ecology 96: 3109. https://doi.org/10.1890/15-0846R.1. Data: https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.3563457.v1 - AVONET: morphological, ecological and geographical data for all birds · CC BY 4.0 · v7
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