Northern Mockingbird

• Scientific Name: Mimus Polyglottos
• Common Name: Northern Mockingbird
• Diet: seeds, small arthropods, lizards, snakes, berries
• Color: gray
• Size: 10 inches
• Active Period: Year-round
• Habitat: town,washes
• Field Identification: long tail, thin dark eye line, red eye
• Nest: cuplike
• Kingdom: Animalia (Animals)
• Genus: Mimus
• Family: Mimidae (mimids)
• Order: Passeriformes
• Phylum: Chordata (hollow nerve cord)
• Subphylum: Vertebrata (backbone)
• Species: polyglottos