- Mimus polyglottos
Description
Breeds commonly throughout most of the USA but absent from the north-west and north-central states, also breeds sparsely in south-east Canada.
Interior populations are migratory wintering in the southern USA, on the east coast resident from Maine southwards.
In the Western Palearctic recorded in Britain, in Cornwall, August 1982 and Essex, May 1988, and at Schiermonnikoog in the Netherlands in October 1988 and another in the Netherlands in March 2001. These birds may have had a captive origin and others seen in Europe are generally considered to relate to escapes including one or two further British reports.
Habitat: Woodland edges, copses and hedgerows, very common in suburban gardens and also found in many city parks.
Identification
Photo taken in Spring, Texas, USA
