Tropical Mockingbird in Costa Maya, Mexico.
The Tropical Mockingbird (Mimus gilvus) is a resident breeding bird from southern Mexico, south to northern Brazil, and in the Lesser Antilles and other Caribbean islands. The birds in Panama and Trinidad may have been introduced. The Northern Mockingbird (M. polyglottos) is its closest living relative, but the critically endangered Socorro Mockingbird (M. graysoni) is also much closer to these two than previously believed.
Tropical Mockingbird.
Adults are 9.8 inches long and weigh 1.9 oz. They are grey on the head and upper parts with yellow eyes, a white eye stripe and dark patch through the eye. The underparts are off-white, and the wings are blackish with two white wing bars and white edges to the flight feathers. They have a long dark tail with white feather tips, a slim black bill with a slight downward curve, and long dark legs. [Wikipedia]
Tropical Mockingbird in Costa Maya, Mexico.
