Gray catbird

Gray catbird; Temporal range:
	Adult in Brooklyn, New York, USA; ;
Conservation status
	; Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Passeriformes
Family:	Mimidae
Genus:	Dumetella; C.T. Wood, 1837
Species:	D. carolinensis
Binomial name
	Dumetella carolinensis; (Linnaeus, 1766)
	Approximate distribution map Breeding Migration Year-round Nonbreeding
Synonyms
	Genus:; Galeoscoptes Cabanis, 1850 Dumetella bermudianus Bangs & Bradlee, 1901; Dumetella carolinensis bermudianus Bangs & Bradlee, 1901; Dumetella carolinensis carolinensis (Linnaeus, 1766); Dumetella felivox Vieillot, 1807; Galeoscoptes carolinensis (Linnaeus, 1766); Muscicapa carolinensis Linnaeus, 1766; Turdus felivox Vieillot, 1807;

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.

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