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catbird
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catbird: see mimic thrush mimic thrush, common name for members of the Mimidae, a family of exclusively American birds, allied to the wrens and thrushes, that includes the mockingbird, the catbird, and the thrashers. Mimic thrushes are most numerous in Mexico.
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catbird

Any of several passerine species (family Mimidae) named for their mewing calls, which they use in addition to song. The North American catbird (Dumetella carolinensis) is 9 in. (23 cm) long and gray with a black cap. It is found in gardens and thickets. The black catbird (Melanoptila glabrirostris) is found in coastal Yucatán. Three species of the bowerbird family are also called catbirds; they are found in Australia, New Guinea, and nearby islands and do not build bowers but hold territories in the forest by loud singing.



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The gray catbird, for example, can develop his singing skills with no help from teachers.
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4) Fish Crow (Corvus ossifragus) 1 1 1 American Robin (Turdus migratorius) 7 1 1 Gray Catbird (Dumetella carolinensis) 1 0 0 Northern Mockingbird (Mimus polyglottos) 2 1 1 Cedar Waxwing (Bombycilla cedrorum) 1 1 1 Northern Cardinal (Cardinalis cardinalis) 1 0 0 Common Grackle (Quiscalus quiscula) 3 3 2 House Finch (Carpodacus mexicanus) 2 0 0 House Sparrow (Passer domesticus) 6 5 3 Total all species 193 156 (80.
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