page_title: List of birds of Mexico
section_title: Mockingbirds and thrashers
hierarchical_section_title: List of birds of Mexico / Mockingbirds and thrashers
caption_attribution_description: Mimus gilvus English: Tropical Mockingbird in Isla Margarita, Venezuela
context_page_description: This is a list of the bird species recorded in Mexico. The avifauna of Mexico included a total of 1122 species as of December 2019, according to Bird Checklists of the World. One additional species has been added as a result of a split. Of these 1123 species, 101 are rare or accidental, 10 have been introduced by humans, 112 are endemic, and five more breed only in Mexico though their non-breeding range is larger. Four species are known to be extinct, 68 are globally vulnerable or endangered, and three of the latter might also be extinct. The total figure includes a number of species which are known only from sight records; they are listed but not especially noted.
  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.
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. Mexico has the greatest diversity of this family of any country.
  Blue mockingbird, Melanotis caerulescens (E)
  Blue-and-white mockingbird, Melanotis hypoleucus
  Black catbird, Melanoptila glabrirostris (Near-threatened)
  Gray catbird, Dumetella carolinensis
  Curve-billed thrasher, Toxostoma curvirostre
  Ocellated thrasher, Toxostoma ocellatum (E)
  Brown thrasher, Toxostoma rufum (A)
  Long-billed thrasher, Toxostoma longirostre
  Cozumel thrasher, Toxostoma guttatum (E) (Critically endangered)
  Bendire's thrasher, Toxostoma bendirei (Vulnerable)
  Gray thrasher, Toxostoma cinereum (E)
  California thrasher, Toxostoma redivivum
  LeConte's thrasher, Toxostoma lecontei
  Crissal thrasher, Toxostoma crissale
  Sage thrasher, Oreoscoptes montanus
  Socorro mockingbird, Mimus graysoni (E) (Critically endangered)
  Tropical mockingbird, Mimus gilvus
  Northern mockingbird, Mimus polyglottos
caption: Tropical mockingbird
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