Gray Catbird With Rust-Colored Hind Quarters Showing - Dumetella Carolinensis Royalty-Free Stock Photography

The gray catbird Dumetella carolinensis, also spelled grey catbird, is a medium-sized North American and Central American perching bird of the mimid family. It is the only member of the `catbird` genus Dumetella. Like the black catbird Melanoptila glabrirostris, it is among the basal lineages of the Mimidae, probably a closer relative of the Caribbean thrasher and trembler assemblage than of the mockingbirds and Toxostoma thrashers. In some areas it is known as the slate-colored mockingbird.