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Definition of Gray catbird
1. Noun. North American songbird whose call resembles a cat's mewing.
Generic synonyms: Oscine, Oscine Bird
Group relationships: Dumetella, Genus Dumetella
Lexicographical Neighbors of Gray Catbird
Literary usage of Gray catbird
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Birds of North America by Jim Roetzel (2007)
"TUFTED TITMOUSE (top) Cuyahoga Valley National Park, Ohio gray catbird (bottom,
... Observed from southwestern Canada to Florida, the gray catbird makes its ..."
2. Geology of Wisconsin: Survey of 1873-1879 by Wisconsin Chief Geologist (1883)
"GRAY. CATBIRD. GROUP II. CLASS b. Known to almost everybody, looked upon by
children as a peevish, snarling bird, and regarded by the farmer and gardener as ..."
3. Report of the Secretary for Agriculture by United States Dept. of Agriculture (1863)
"... (Linn.,) Gray, catbird. Summer resident, abundant; omnivorous. This songster,
which rivals even the mocking bird itself, and feeds during a large part ..."
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