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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 .
Pokeweed berries are reported to be a good food source for songbirds such as gray catbird (Dumetella carolinensis), northern mockingbird (Mimus polyglottos), northern cardinal (Cardinalis cardinals), brown thrasher (Toxostoma rufum), mourning dove (Zenaida macroura), and cedar waxwing (Bombycilla cedrorum). Small mammals apparently tolerant of ...
The two most studied species, the green catbird and satin bowerbird, have life expectancies of around eight to ten years [10] and one satin bowerbird has been known to live for twenty-six years. [11] For comparison, the common raven , the heaviest passerine species with significant banding records, has not been known to live longer than 21 years.
White-eared catbird Gray catbird A gray catbird voicing cat-like sounds at Wildwood Preserve Metropark, Ohio, US. Several unrelated groups of songbirds are called catbirds because of their wailing calls, which resemble a cat's meowing. The genus name Ailuroedus likewise is from the Greek for 'cat-singer' or 'cat-voiced'. [1]
Grey catbird (Dumetella carolinensis) Red-throated ant tanager (Habia fuscicauda) Wood thrush (Hylocichla mustelina) Black-throated shrike-tanager (Lanio aurantius) White-collared manakin (Manacus candei) Golden-fronted woodpecker (Melanerpes aurifrons) Black-cheeked woodpecker (Melanerpes pucherani) Ochre-bellied flycatcher (Mionectes oleagineus)
The gray catbird, Dumetella carolinensis, atop a fir tree "The catbird seat" is an idiomatic phrase used to describe an enviable position, often in terms of having the upper hand or greater advantage in any type of dealing among parties. It derives from the secluded perch on which the gray catbird makes mocking calls.
Monochamus is a genus of longhorn beetles found throughout the world. They are commonly known as sawyer beetles or sawyers, as their larvae bore into dead or dying trees, especially conifers [1] such as pines. They are the type genus of the Monochamini, a tribe in the huge long-horned beetle subfamily Lamiinae, but typically included in the ...
Olla v-nigrum is a species in the family Coccinellidae ("lady beetles"), in the suborder Polyphaga. [1] [2] The species is known generally as the ashy gray lady beetle. [3] The distribution range of Olla v-nigrum includes Central America, North America, and Oceania. [2] It is usually gray or pale tan with small black spots on its elytra and thorax.