---
title: "Tropenspottdrossel"
description: "Mimus gilvus — Vögel. The tropical mockingbird (Mimus gilvus) is a resident breeding bird from southern Mexico to northern and eastern South America and in the Lesser Antilles and other Caribbean islands."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/de/animal/tropical-mockingbird
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Tropenspottdrossel

> Mimus gilvus — Vögel. The tropical mockingbird (Mimus gilvus) is a resident breeding bird from southern Mexico to northern and eastern South America and in the Lesser Antilles and other Caribbean islands.

- Scientific name: *Mimus gilvus*
- Category: `birds` (Vögel)
- Habitats: unknown
- iNaturalist observations: 22791
- Wikidata: [Q1591500](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1591500)
- iNaturalist taxon: [14884](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/14884)

## Names

- en: Tropical Mockingbird
- de: Tropenspottdrossel
- es: Centzontle tropical
- fr: Moqueur des savanes
- pt: Sabiá-da-praia
- pl: Przedrzeźniacz siwy

## Countries with the most observations

MX (8304), CO (3588), PA (1756), CR (1409), BR (1035), EC (1008), TT (481), BZ (480), CW (443), VE (342), MQ (329), AW (235)

## Summary

The tropical mockingbird (Mimus gilvus) is a resident breeding bird from southern Mexico to northern and eastern South America and in the Lesser Antilles and other Caribbean islands.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tropical_mockingbird

## Photo

![Tropenspottdrossel](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/tropical-mockingbird/medium.jpg)

Photo: Gabriel Cardoso Fialho · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/358021277

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/tropical-mockingbird?lang=de` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).