Northern Mockingbird Photo Gallery

Adult

Medium-sized slender songbird with a long tail. Adults are grayish above and whitish below with two white wingbars.

Adult

Medium-sized slender songbird with a long tail. Adults are grayish above and whitish below. Mimics songs of other songbirds.

Adult

Very vocal: song is a long series of phrases, with each phrase repeated 2–6 times before shifting to a new sound. Many sounds are mimicked. Both males and females sing.

Juvenile

Juveniles have spotted breasts.

Adult

Flashes white wing patches in flight.

Adult

Note distinctive slender shape with long tail. The large white wing patches visible in flight fold up into a small white mark when the bird is perched.

Adult

White wing patches are distinctive.

Adult

Often runs and hops along the ground. Found alone or in pairs year-round.

Adults

When defending territory boundaries, rival birds fly toward each other, land near the boundary, and face off, silently hopping from one side to another. Eventually, one bird retreats and the other chases it a short ways.

Adult

Usually sits conspicuously on high vegetation, fences, eaves, or telephone wires. Found in in towns, suburbs, backyards, parks, forest edges, and open land at low elevations.

Adult

Both sexes help build the nest, with the male starting several nests and the female choosing one and then finishing it, lining it with grasses, rootlets and other soft vegetation. This video has no audio.