What kind of bird is a catbird?

Question

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Answer 1

It is in the same family as the mocking bird, it is duller and is brownish and has fewer details, he stays mainly in the scrubs brush and eats small lizards and snakes or large insects like locusts or bark roaches,......the mockingbird is more flamboyant in a way in that he is kinda formidable and will attack a larger animal just as a bluejay will,.......the catbird though is a bit less fiesty unless you come near her nest and she isnt as commonly seen as the mockingbird.....the mockingbird has a white band on his tail and a white streak on his shoulder feathers.......the catbird is just kinda plain light brownish.......but has almost the same build as or bodystyle as the mockingbird.

Answer 2

The Grey Catbird is a small passerine (perching bird) in the same family as mockingbirds and thrashers. At 8-9 1/4" (20-23 cm), it is slightly smaller than a robin. It is a slender, dark gray bird with black cap, long tail and rusty undertail coverts. You will find it in thickets and brush, residential areas and gardens in its breeding grounds from British Columbia, Manitoba, and Nova Scotia south to Washington, Texas, and Georgia. The Grey Catbird winters from the Carolinas and Gulf Coast southward, with small numbers occuring regularly to southern New England. It is known for its call, a loud raucous mewing that sounds much like a cat.

You can see it, hear it and read more about it here: http://www.enature.com/fieldguides/detail.asp?allSpecies=&searchText=catbird&GroupID=&curGroupID=1&lgfromWhere=&curPageNum=1

Answer 3

Are you talking about the expression "sitting in the catbird seat," used when people are referring to someone in a position of power? I'd guess it goes back to the bluejay. I've often seen them swoop down on outdoor cats and peck them on the heads. No kidding. Thought it was supposed to be the other way around, huh?

But there is such a thing as a catbird. It's named that because it makes a noise that sounds vaguely like a cat mewing.

http://www.birds.cornell.edu/AllAboutBirds/BirdGuide/Gray_Catbird.html

Answer 4

The Grey Catbird (Dumetella carolinensis[1]) is a medium-sized northern American perching bird of the mimid family. It is the only member of New World catbird genus Dumetella. Like the Black Catbird, it is among the basal lineages of the Mimidae[2].

Answer 5

It appears to be a small bird favoring a robin. There are many groups. They are called catbirds because of their calls.

Answer 6

A grey songbird that makes sounds like a cat. I've heard one before up in northern Michigan.

Answer 7

Feast yer eyes
http://i116.photobucket.com/albums/o40/moldcookie/Katbird.jpg
>:)

Answer 8

Its a mocking bird

Answer 9

I don't really get your question. If you mean what kind of birds do cats eat, I would say smaller ones, like a canary, but if you mean anything else, I'm not sure.. Lol

Answer 10

HAHA
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half cat half bird?