Gray Catbird
Gray Catbird
Adult
- Gray body, wings, and tail
- Dark cap
- Long dark tail
- Reddish undertail coverts
- © Michael Hogan, NJ, May 2006
Gray Catbird
Adult
- Gray body, wings, and tail
- Dark cap
- Reddish undertail coverts
- Dark eye and bill
- © robinsegg, WY, June 2005
Gray Catbird
Adult
- Often frugivorous
- Long dark tail
- Dark cap
- Gray body, wings, and tail
- Dark eye and bill
- © Tom Smith, NJ, Sandy Hook, May 2008
Gray Catbird
Adult
- Gray body, wings, and tail
- Dark cap
- © Larry Meade, VA, Springfield, July 2008
Gray Catbird
Adult
- Long, dark tail
- © Robert Elliot, FL, Punta Gorda, February 2007
Gray Catbird
Adult
- Often cocks tail up when perched
- © J Young, February 2007
Similar Species
Adult
- Tiny: less than half the size of a catbird
- White on outside of tail
- Whitish belly and white eyering
- No black cap
- © Byard Miller , Hinsdale, NH, May 2008
Adult female
- Darker and browner than a catbird
- Short and thick bill
- More stocky than streamlined in shape
- © tsiya, April 2008
Adult
- White belly; paler gray overall
- White in wings and tail
- No black cap or rusty patch under tail
- © JoanGeeAZ, Tucson, AZ, October 2008
Adult female
- Only found in the Southwest
- Long gray crest, erect posture
- No black cap or rusty patch under the tail
- White wingbars
- © Desert Vu , Clark Co., NV, January 2009
Adult
- Tendency to sit upright on high, exposed perches
- Obvious white eyering and all-gray head
- Buffy wing patch
- No black cap or rufous patch under tail
- © Gerry Dewaghe, December 2008