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Northern Mockingbird (Mimus polyglottos) call
Endless strings of borrowed phrases, each repeated three or more times, often all night.
Listen to the Northern Mockingbird call
A field recording of the Northern Mockingbird (Mimus polyglottos) by Christopher Cooke, shared on iNaturalist. Listen for the Northern Mockingbird in urban and garden habitats.
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Sounds similar
Birds that sound similar to the Northern Mockingbird
These birds belong to the mimid family, like the Northern Mockingbird, so their calls can sound alike.
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California Thrasher Toxostoma redivivum
A loud, rambling song of rich phrases, each repeated once or twice, from the top of a bush.
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Gray Catbird Dumetella carolinensis
A rambling, scratchy jumble of notes, each sung once, and a cat-like mew call.
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Brown Thrasher Toxostoma rufum
A long song of varied phrases, each usually sung twice: plant-a-seed, plant-a-seed.
Questions
Questions about the Northern Mockingbird
What does the Northern Mockingbird sound like?
Endless strings of borrowed phrases, each repeated three or more times, often all night. Listen to the recording above.
Which birds sound like the Northern Mockingbird?
California Thrasher, Gray Catbird and Brown Thrasher sound similar.
Where can I hear the Northern Mockingbird?
SongLark teaches it in two courses: Birds of California and Birds of Eastern North America.
How can I learn the Northern Mockingbird call?
In SongLark's Birds of California course, it comes in Level 9: Southern California. SongLark teaches it by ear with real field recordings.
Courses
Learn this call in
SongLark teaches the Northern Mockingbird in two courses: Birds of California and Birds of Eastern North America. Each course plays real field recordings and brings every bird back for review just before you would forget it.
- In Birds of California, the Northern Mockingbird comes in Level 9: Southern California. That Level is about palm-lined streets, sage scrub and rocky canyons.
- In Birds of Eastern North America, the Northern Mockingbird comes in Level 2: Suburb & Park. That Level is about lawns, hedges and city streets.
Learn it with these birds in Level 9 of Birds of California
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Hooded Oriole Icterus cucullatus
A sharp, rising wheet and a hurried, chattering warble from palm trees.
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Cassin's Kingbird Tyrannus vociferans
A loud, burry chi-bew or ka-beer from treetops and wires.
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California Gnatcatcher Polioptila californica
A kitten-like, rising and falling zeeer mew from coastal sage scrub.
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Lazuli Bunting Passerina amoena
A bright, scratchy run of paired notes that speeds up, from a brushy hillside.
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Canyon Wren Catherpes mexicanus
A cascade of clear, sweet notes that slides down the scale and echoes off cliffs.
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Ash-throated Flycatcher Myiarchus cinerascens
A rolling ka-brick and a soft, burry prrt from oak and scrub.
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Rufous-crowned Sparrow Aimophila ruficeps
A dry, jumbled, chattering song and a nasal dear-dear-dear from rocky, grassy slopes.
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