LC
Tropical Mockingbird Mimus gilvus



Taxonomy

Taxonomic source(s)
del Hoyo, J., Collar, N.J., Christie, D.A., Elliott, A., Fishpool, L.D.C., Boesman, P. and Kirwan, G.M. 2016. HBW and BirdLife International Illustrated Checklist of the Birds of the World. Volume 2: Passerines. Lynx Edicions and BirdLife International, Barcelona, Spain and Cambridge, UK.
SACC. 2005 and updates. A classification of the bird species of South America. Available at: #http://www.museum.lsu.edu/~Remsen/SACCBaseline.htm#.

IUCN Red List criteria met and history
Red List criteria met
Critically Endangered Endangered Vulnerable
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Red List history
Year Category Criteria
2020 Least Concern
2018 Least Concern
2016 Least Concern
2012 Least Concern
2009 Least Concern
2008 Least Concern
2004 Least Concern
2000 Lower Risk/Least Concern
1994 Lower Risk/Least Concern
1988 Lower Risk/Least Concern
Species attributes

Migratory status not a migrant Forest dependency low
Land-mass type Average mass 46 g
Distribution

Estimate Data quality
Extent of Occurrence breeding/resident (km2) 14,600,000 medium
Severely fragmented? no -
Population and trend
Value Data quality Derivation Year of estimate
Number of mature individuals 500000-4999999 poor estimated 2009
Population trend increasing suspected -
Generation length (years) 3.4 - - -

Population justification: The global population is estimated to number 500,000-4,999,999 mature individuals (Partners in Flight 2019).

Trend justification:

This species has undergone a large, significant increase between 1970 and 2014 (Partners in Flight 2019). The species thrives in converted habitats (del Hoyo et al. 2005); it is therefore suspected to be increasing as deforestation is opening up new areas of suitable habitat.


Country/territory distribution
Country/Territory Presence Origin Resident Breeding Non-breeding Passage
Antigua and Barbuda extant native yes
Aruba (to Netherlands) extant native yes
Barbados extant vagrant
Belize extant native yes
Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba (to Netherlands) extant native yes
Brazil extant native yes
Colombia extant native yes
Costa Rica extant introduced yes
Curaçao (to Netherlands) extant native yes
Dominica extant native yes
Ecuador extant native yes
El Salvador extant native yes
French Guiana extant native yes
Grenada extant native yes
Guadeloupe (to France) extant native yes
Guatemala extant native yes
Guyana extant native yes
Honduras extant native yes
Martinique (to France) extant native yes
Mexico extant native yes
Nicaragua extant native yes
Panama extant introduced yes
Peru extant vagrant
St Lucia extant native yes
St Vincent and the Grenadines extant native yes
Suriname extant native yes
Trinidad and Tobago extant native yes
USA extant vagrant
Venezuela extant native yes

Important Bird and Biodiversity Areas (IBA)
Country/Territory IBA Name

Habitats & altitude
Habitat (level 1) Habitat (level 2) Importance Occurrence
Artificial/Terrestrial Arable Land suitable resident
Artificial/Terrestrial Rural Gardens suitable resident
Artificial/Terrestrial Subtropical/Tropical Heavily Degraded Former Forest suitable resident
Forest Subtropical/Tropical Dry suitable resident
Forest Subtropical/Tropical Moist Lowland suitable resident
Savanna Dry suitable resident
Shrubland Subtropical/Tropical Dry major resident
Shrubland Subtropical/Tropical High Altitude suitable resident
Altitude 0 - 2500 m Occasional altitudinal limits (max) 3100 m

Utilisation
Purpose Primary form used Life stage used Source Scale Level Timing
Pets/display animals, horticulture - - non-trivial recent

Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2023) Species factsheet: Mimus gilvus. Downloaded from http://datazone.birdlife.org/species/factsheet/tropical-mockingbird-mimus-gilvus on 26/09/2023. Recommended citation for factsheets for more than one species: BirdLife International (2023) IUCN Red List for birds. Downloaded from http://datazone.birdlife.org on 26/09/2023.