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Gray Catbird
Dumetella carolinensis

The Gray Catbird is a common and nearly ubiqutious breeding species in Massachusetts. Its scratchy, eponymous song often emanates from suburban shrubbery or dense thickets.
Conservation Status
Monitor to Ensure Stability

Tracking This Bird In Massachusetts

Climate Vulnerability Score

No data
Mass Audubon Mean likelihood of occurrence (current)
Mass Audubon Mean likelihood of occurrence (2050)
Mass Audubon Absolute change in likelihood of occurrence
no data
U.S. Forest Service Climate Change Bird Atlas (Hadly Hi emissions scenario)a
No data available
National Audubon Societyb
No data available
a USFS model data for Massachusetts by 2100
b National Audubon Society's Climate Change Atlas was completed on a continental scale.

Breeding Bird Atlas

Atlas I Blocks
913
Atlas II Blocks
1015
Percent of state occupied - Atlas I
94
Percent of state occupied - Atlas II
98
Percent change
103

Breeding Bird Survey

Annual trend 1966-2010
0.4%
P-value
not significant
Number of routes
27
Recent trend 2000-2010
0.6%

Christmas Bird Count

Trend (1963-2008)
4.6
Significantly different than zero
yes
Trend (1963-1979)
0.8
Significantly different than zero
no
Trend (1979-2008)
6.2
Significantly different than zero
yes
Christmas Bird Count Sightings By Year
Data reflects sightings per person per hour in order to account for varying numbers of yearly volunteers.

Habitat Usage

Breeding

Shrubland, Urban and Suburban

Wintering

Shrubland, Urban and Suburban