Grey Catbird
Dumetella carolinensis(Linnaeus, C, 1766)
English (US) Gray Catbird
UK name: Grey Catbird
The Grey Catbird (Dumetella carolinensis) is a bird species documented in the AviList Global Avian Checklist. On BirdGuides.io, 0 professional guides specialise in helping birdwatchers observe this species. It belongs to the family Mimidae (Mockingbirds and Thrashers) in the order Passeriformes.
Range: breeds southern British Columbia to Gulf States; winters to West Indies and PanamaRange summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Dumetella carolinensis
- Order
- Passeriformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Gray Catbird
- English (UK)
- Grey Catbird
- Described by
- (Linnaeus, C, 1766)
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- [Muscicapa] carolinensis
- Described by
- (Linnaeus, C, 1766)
- Type locality
- in Carolina = Virginia.
- Original description
- Systema Naturæ. Editio duodecima reformata. Tomus I [part 1] p.328
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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