Chalk-browed Mockingbird

Mimus saturninus

Least Concern · IUCN Red List

LCLeast ConcernInvertebratesShrublandCup nestMedium · 64 g

What the Chalk-browed Mockingbird sounds like

Sonogram of the Chalk-browed Mockingbird: time runs left to right, pitch bottom to top, and the brighter the mark the louder the sound.
Recorded by Pedro Sanetti · Song · Cipolletti, General Roca Department, Río Negro Province, Argentina · CC0 · via xeno-canto
Sonogram of the Chalk-browed Mockingbird: time runs left to right, pitch bottom to top, and the brighter the mark the louder the sound.
Recorded by Pedro Sanetti · Song · Cipolletti, General Roca, Río Negro, Argentina · CC0 · via xeno-canto
Sonogram of the Chalk-browed Mockingbird: time runs left to right, pitch bottom to top, and the brighter the mark the louder the sound.
Recorded by Gabriele Magurno · Song · Ezeiza, Ezeiza Partido, Buenos Aires Province, Argentina · CC BY-SA 4.0 · via xeno-canto

ID tip

The chalk-browed mockingbird is 23.5 to 26 cm (9.3 to 10.2 in) long and weighs 55 to 73 g (1.9 to 2.6 oz). Males are slightly larger than females. Adults of the nominate subspecies have a dark brown crown, a broad white supercilium, a blackish line through the eye, and white cheeks. Their upperparts are brownish with some darker streaks; the rump is buffier. Their wings are blackish and show two obscure bars when folded. The tail is also blackish; most feathers have white tips and the outermost have white edges. Voice: The chalk-browed mockingbird's song is loud, a "varied series of notes, trills, phrases". Its calls include a "sharp and penetrating 'tshrip'" and a "snorting sha-sha-sha". It often mimics other species including some raptors.

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When to see the Chalk-browed Mockingbird

One bar for each month, and every month is filled: this bird is recorded here in all twelve. The wide bar is October, the month with the most records.

Where to see the Chalk-browed Mockingbird

Regular range

The map shades 6 countries with regular records. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.

About the Chalk-browed Mockingbird

The chalk-browed mockingbird is a bird in the family Mimidae. It is found in Brazil, Bolivia, Argentina, Paraguay, Suriname, and Uruguay.

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Easily confused with

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