Northern Mockingbird
Northern Mockingbird
Adult
- Overall gray; medium gray or brownish gray above, pale gray below
- Long tail
- White patch in wings (striking in flight) sometimes visible when perched
- © JoanGeeAZ, AZ, Tucson, October 2008
Northern Mockingbird
Adult
- Long tail black with white outer tail feathers
- Medium brownish gray above
- Wings dark with pale edging
- © bmaltzan, MA, Bedford, October 2004
Northern Mockingbird
Adult
- Dark eyeline
- Reddish brown eye
- Short, slightly curved black bill
- © Debbie McKenzie, AL, October 2004
Northern Mockingbird
Adult
- White patch in wings (striking in flight) sometimes visible when perched
- Long tail
- © Bob Baker, VA, Greene County, July 2007
Northern Mockingbird
Adult
- Large white patches in broad wings
- Long tail black with white outer tail feathers
- © Bob Baker, VA, Greene County, July 2007
Northern Mockingbird
Adult
- Long tail black with white outer tail feathers
- Large white patches in broad wings
- © Bob Baker, VA, Greene County, July 2007
Northern Mockingbird
Adult
- Overall gray; medium gray or brownish gray above, pale gray below
- White patch in wings (striking in flight) sometimes visible when perched
- Long tail black with white outer tail feathers
- © Sam Wilson, AZ, December 2008
Northern Mockingbird
Adult
- Plain gray overall
- Wings dark with pale edging
- Long tail
- Short, slightly curved black bill
- © Eric Brian, VA, January 2009
Similar Species
Adult
- Tiny: less than half the size of a mockingbird
- Forages in trees like a chickadee, unlike mockingbird
- Grayish blue above, pale grayish below
- White eyering
- © Byard Miller, Hinsdale, NH, May 2008
Adult
- Plain gray overall (back and breast same color)
- Bold white eyering
- Buff patches in wings
- © Gerry Dewaghe, December 2008
Adult
- Smooth dark gray overall
- Darker cap
- No white in wings
- Rusty patch under tail
- © Larry Meade, Springfield, VA, July 2008
Adult
- Black mask (not just eyestripe)
- Thick, hooked dark bill
- Black wings with small white patches but no wingbars
- Long, black tail with white corners
- © Byard Miller, Keene, NH, March 2008
Adult
- Thick black mask (not just eyestripe)
- Thick, hooked dark bill
- Black wings with small white patches but no wingbars
- Long, black tail with white corners
- © Laura Erickson , FL, December 2005