Copyright: monacoeye • Do not copy without permission • Chiriqui, Panama 2010

Bird name: Tropical Mockingbird
Latin: Mimus gilvus
Other: Sinsonte, cenzontle tropical (Es) • Sabiá-da-praia (Br)
Family: Mimidae • Mockingbirds
Range: S Mexico to El Salvador, N, E South America

The Tropical Mockingbird which is endemic west of El Salvador and east of Colombia, was apparently introduced to Panama - I saw them at the Ammo Dump and in Chiriqui.

Light grey underneath with dark eye stripe and light iris.More photos...

Photo copyright: monacoeye • Do not copy • Lagoa do Peixe • November 2009

Bird name: Chalk Browed Mockingbird
Latin: Mimus saturninus
Other: Sabiá-do-campo (Br) • Calandria común (Es), Tenca, Cenzontle de cejas blancas
Family: Sturnidae / Mimidae • Mimids • Mockingbirds
Range: Amazonia, Brazil, SE South America

This Chalk Browed Mockingbird was seen in Itatiaia.

204 Mimidae - Mockingbirds, Thrashers

Dumetella carolinensis - Grey Catbird - Widespread North America

Melanoptila glabrirostris - Black Catbird - S Mexico to Honduras

Mimus polyglottos - Northern Mockingbird - S Canada to S Mexico
Mimus gilvus - Tropical Mockingbird - S Mexico to El Salvador, N, E South America
Mimus gundlachii - Bahama Mockingbird - Bahamas, Jamaica
Mimus thenca - Chilean Mockingbird - Chile
Mimus longicaudatus - Long-tailed Mockingbird - Ecuador, Peru
Mimus saturninus - Chalk-browed Mockingbird - Amazonia, SE South America
Mimus patagonicus - Patagonian Mockingbird - Southern Cone
Mimus triurus - White-banded Mockingbird - C, SE South America
Mimus dorsalis - Brown-backed Mockingbird - Bolivia, NW Argentina
Mimus parvulus - Galapagos Mockingbird - Galápagos Islands
Mimus trifasciatus - Floreana Mockingbird - Galápagos Islands
Mimus macdonaldi - Hood Mockingbird - Galápagos Islands
Mimus melanotis - San Cristobal Mockingbird - Galápagos Islands
Mimus graysoni - Socorro Mockingbird - Socorro Island

Oreoscoptes montanus - Sage Thrasher - W, SW USA

Toxostoma rufum - Brown Thrasher - C, E, SE North America
Toxostoma longirostre - Long-billed Thrasher - S Texas, E Mexico
Toxostoma guttatum - Cozumel Thrasher - Cozumel Island
Toxostoma cinereum - Grey Thrasher - Baja California
Toxostoma bendirei - Bendire's Thrasher - SW USA, NW Mexico
Toxostoma ocellatum - Ocellated Thrasher - Mexico
Toxostoma curvirostre - Curve-billed Thrasher - SW USA, Mexico
Toxostoma redivivum - California Thrasher - California, North America, also Baja California
Toxostoma crissale - Crissal Thrasher - SW USA, N, C Mexico
Toxostoma lecontei - Le Conte's Thrasher - SW USA, NW Mexico

Ramphocinclus brachyurus - White-breasted Thrasher - Lesser Antilles

Melanotis caerulescens - Blue Mockingbird - Mexico
Melanotis hypoleucus - Blue-and-white Mockingbird - S Mexico to El Salvador

Allenia fusca - Scaly-breasted Thrasher - Lesser Antilles

Margarops fuscatus - Pearly-eyed Thrasher - West Indies

Cinclocerthia ruficauda - Brown Trembler - Lesser Antilles
Cinclocerthia gutturalis - Grey Trembler - Lesser Antilles