page_title: List of birds of Guatemala
section_title: Mockingbirds and thrashers
hierarchical_section_title: List of birds of Guatemala / Mockingbirds and thrashers
caption_attribution_description: Dumetella carolinensis English: A Gray Catbird at Brendan T. Byrne State Forest, New Jersey, USA.
context_page_description: This is a list of the bird species recorded in Guatemala. The avifauna of Guatemala included a total of 768 species as of December 2019, according to Bird Checklists of the World. Of them, 114 are rare or accidental and five have been introduced by humans. One species was endemic and two non-endemic species have been extirpated. One species has been added as a result of a split.
  This list is presented in the taxonomic sequence of the Check-list of North and Middle American Birds, 7th edition through the 61st Supplement, published by the American Ornithological Society. Common and scientific names are also those of the Check-list, except that the common names of families are from the Clements taxonomy because the AOS list does not include them.
  Unless otherwise noted, the species on this list are considered to occur regularly in Guatemala as permanent residents, summer or winter visitors, or migrants. The following tags have been used to highlight several categories. The tags and notes of population status are from Bird Checklists of the World.
  Accidental - a species that rarely or accidentally occurs in Guatemala
  Endemic - a species endemic to Guatemala
context_section_description: Order: Passeriformes   Family: Mimidae
  The mimids are a family of passerine birds that includes thrashers, mockingbirds, tremblers, and the New World catbirds. These birds are notable for their vocalizations, especially their ability to mimic a wide variety of birds and other sounds heard outdoors. Their coloring tends towards dull-grays and browns.
  Blue-and-white mockingbird, Melanotis hypoleucus
  Black catbird, Melanoptila glabrirostris (Near-threatened)
  Gray catbird, Dumetella carolinensis
  Tropical mockingbird, Mimus gilvus
  Northern mockingbird, Mimus polyglottos (A)
caption: Gray catbird
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