Gray Catbird Facts: the BIRD that sounds like a CAT 🐱 Animal Fact Files

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Gray catbirds are gray birds with a cat-like call. They are found throughout North America as well as parts of Central and South America. The name can be spelled gray or grey catbird! These amazing birds are part of the mimicking family of birds and can produce over 100 different sounds! They get their name because they're a bird that sounds like a cat! This episode focuses on gray catbird facts. We hope you learn something new about the gray catbird with this episode of Animal Fact Files.
Scientific Name: Dumetella carolinensis
Range: North America and parts of Central and South America
Size: 10 inch (25cm) wingspan, 1.2oz (35g) in weight
Diet: insects and fruits
Lifespan: 10 years
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Gray Catbird 0:00
Gray Catbird MATING 0:16
Gray Catbird EGGS 0:28
Gray Catbird VS COWBIRD 0:38
Gray Catbird LIFE CYCLE 0:55
Gray Catbird PREDATORS 1:12
Gray Catbird DIET 1:26
Gray Catbird SIZE 1:36
Gray Catbird RANGE 1:46
Gray Catbird HABITAT 1:57
Gray Catbird APPEARANCE 2:13
Gray Catbird VOCAL RANGE 2:37
Cray Catbird CALL 3:05
Thanks/Outro 3:36
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Image and Video Credits:
Jeff the quiet - commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi...
Raincrow - flickr.com/photos/163203949@N...
Shenandoah National Park - flickr.com/photos/snpphotos/4...
Katzbird - flickr.com/photos/katzbird/19... ; flickr.com/photos/katzbird/19...
Dennis Murphy - flickr.com/photos/damurphy/50... ; flickr.com/photos/damurphy/48...
Cephas - commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi...
Benny Mazur - www.flickr.com/photos/benimot...
Pascal Vagner - • Moqueur chat (Dumetell...
TRAVELING WITH NATURE-Sasi - • CAT BIRD-PARTICI PARK-... ; • Cat bird
Don Henise - • Gray Catbird (Dumetell...
Steven Severinghaus - • Gray Catbird At Prospe...
Tom Swift - • Gray Catbirds doing th...
Ostdrossel - • Grey Catbird ; • Catbird meowing
Birds Walking Down - • Gray Catbirds
Research Credits:
animaldiversity.org/accounts/...
www.tn.gov/twra/wildlife/bird...
dnr.maryland.gov/wildlife/Pag...
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@AnimalFactFiles 3 жыл бұрын

Have you ever heard a gray catbird calling? We hear them all the time around where we live!

@deblinanandi5149 3 жыл бұрын

Oh how lucky you are...

@faiznabil6291 3 жыл бұрын

How lucky i never heard this bird but in my home there lot of bird cald cipow in my home but i don't know how you name the bird wailor bird or something

@MimZik06 3 жыл бұрын

Nope

@American_Lobster 3 жыл бұрын

Did you do blue jay or golden eagle

@faiznabil6291 3 жыл бұрын

@@American_Lobster non of both i live in west Java and there a rare eagle called Java hawk eagle and there rumor a rare raven

@chadharter5731 2 ай бұрын

I have a friend with a pizza shop in Pennsylvania and one employee started leaving cheese out for a bird a decade ago. That same bird, a gray catbird, comes back every single year and sits outside the door sqwaucking until someone leaves cheese for it. It will literally fly in the back door of the restaurant in order to get our attention if it wants fed. Craziest thing

@simplywicked 2 жыл бұрын

I kept hearing a kitten cry it sounded like. I looked along the tracks, all around my block looking for the lost kitty. I found out today it was the Grey Catbird that was making all the noise. I used the Merlin app for birds to find out and that's how I did. Lol

@AnimalFactFiles 2 жыл бұрын

That's great you were able to figure out what it was!

@catbee1452 Жыл бұрын

Same for me! In fact I was searching for which bird sounded like a kitten because I've been hearing a loud, raspy kitten cry and its making me uneasy! I don't know if I should go looking for a cat or not! We have a lot of woods and brush around our house and part of me is concerned that maybe someone dumped a litter of kittens here:( But I seriously doubt that if it was a kitten, that they would have survived a whole week without food and water. Still, it sounds JUST LIKE a very young, hungry kitten:(

@boiledchicken8794 Жыл бұрын

I hear one right now! Cool but it sounds so much like a kitten

@simplywicked Жыл бұрын

@@boiledchicken8794 I still get tricked to this day with them because you just never know.

@catbee1452 Жыл бұрын

@@simplywicked True, but after awhile, the rhythm of their 'cry' becomes predictable and familiar and you can distinguish between it being a bird or a kitten.

@MissMolly3377 Ай бұрын

It’s my favorite bird. I have a few around my home, we sit and talk to each other. When it meows, I meow back, and he or she has gotten so used to me doing it, it will keep doing it, really fast, over and over until I answer it. I love my cat birds, so much. If I do it with a certain inflection, it will do it the same way. It has become my evening ritual. 😂

@oldschoolwoolandweavingcen4060 Жыл бұрын

We have a group at our house that sounds like a ringing cell phone. It's the most curious thing. I've actually seen the bird making the sound and watched it do so. I keep wanting to answer that bird, because it just keeps on ringing and ringing!

@jenniferspring8741 Жыл бұрын

This is the first year I’ve ever been aware of cat birds! What a lovely bird.

@carschmn Жыл бұрын

My house has been claimed by a flock of catbirds. They seem to like my dogs.

@DanDaFreakinMan 3 жыл бұрын

Whoa so they're a songbird version of the liarbird

@sunshadow1012 5 ай бұрын

We have dense forest across from our house, and the catbird is the most noticable of all the birds! And... they love eating bugs! Which helps enjoy our deck in the summer

@atis9061 2 ай бұрын

I have one that comes to my window only in the early morning before dawn. I live in NYC. Always at the same time and never after sunrise. Then the house sparrows take over. I think they are so cute!

@analogalbacore7166 Жыл бұрын

I seen one of these birds doing a bald eagle call before. It was kinda funny.

@impactframes6514 27 күн бұрын

My mom and I saw one this morning while she was whacking a coconut. She thought it was a squirrel only for us to look up and see this fella squawking at us 😅😅

@arronbiggers9216 2 жыл бұрын

They keep calling my name!

@tracyhill7960 2 жыл бұрын

Every time I lose a cat and go looking for it, I know not to go by the one pine tree by my house. That's not a cat, but tricks me often

@jenheasley2444 Жыл бұрын

Thank you so much for the video. These birds🐦 are beautiful. I can't wait to see one in my yard!! I was out taking a walk today with Mom, and we heard a birdcall that sounded like a 🐈 cat. Very amazing and awesome!😽🐦

@billyfletcher6022 2 жыл бұрын

In hind sight I think I've heard the "angry squirrel" call many times, having failed to sight the angry squirrel and noting the indifference of my terrier hunting companion who's job was to circle the "squirrel" around to my side of the tree. Also, though I have no idea if this is actually the case, I've been led to believe they communicate a "password" to their eggs, if they don't respond correctly they push the egg out whether it is no viable or a brood parasite.

@UmatsuObossa 3 жыл бұрын

I don't hear them where I live now, but when I lived in DE they were there a lot. One time I thought a catbird got trapped in our shed....turned out to be an actual cat though.

@cyndilm Жыл бұрын

Yes, I love in DE now and we do have lots of them - one was just yelling at me with the cat sound

@ian5395 2 жыл бұрын

That's totally the angry squirrel sound, I was wondering where I'd heard it before

@AnimalFactFiles 2 жыл бұрын

Now you know! 😸

@kaibaprime4118 Жыл бұрын

One tried flying into my living room through the window and took a few minutes to go, "What was that?!"

@wccox3 3 жыл бұрын

(Sadie) - THANK YOU! I loved the video and all of the facts, I learned a lot I did not know before! We have Catbird pairs in our yard every year and they are my favorite backyard bird! We hear them all the time making their meow calls.

@AnimalFactFiles 2 жыл бұрын

I some every time I hear their meow call! I'm so glad you enjoyed the video and learned lots! ❤️

@jadenl629 Жыл бұрын

Wow! Awesome video! Loved the images!😁

@colleneann4479 3 жыл бұрын

Yay! Thank you for playing the cat bird's song. ❤

@succulentlife3343 Жыл бұрын

I was just clearing a little brush and heard the call to see the bird jumping around branch to branch. It was so cute I had to look it up. I hope it stays in the brush next to the small clearing.

@DrDoomBloom 2 жыл бұрын

One of my favorite birds and there are plenty in my backyard 😊

@mukeshgoyal Жыл бұрын

3:23 cat sound

@Thundering_Banshee Жыл бұрын

I used to enjoy the sound of the Cat Bird until I noticed two nesting pair in front of my house, Every time I step out of the front door they Make a racket until I'm out of sight. I can't wait until they leave so I can trim the bushes.

@danikafernandez9116 2 жыл бұрын

I have a grey catbird somewhere in my backyard yelling out the meow call, but in two syllables to where it sounds like he's screaming, "EWWIE....EWWIE" over and over again. I spent the last FIVE HOURS googling things and downloading apps trying to track down what bird makes that call, but, even though I was able to figure it out, I still haven't found a single recording that captures his specific style of meow. I finally spotted him in the shrubs outside my window earlier-- oh my god, he's back. I promise I love and appreciate him, but god, I swear he goes on for hours every single morning now that spring has finally set in where I am, and I just.... i can feel the cortisol building up in my body.

@AnimalFactFiles 2 жыл бұрын

Oh no! Sounds like a unique but maybe overbearing call!

@MissMolly3377 Ай бұрын

I heard an extremely strange bird call the other day, it almost reminded me of the sound of a rain stick, it would make that noise two times, sort of up, then two times down in a lower key, all I could think was ch-ch ha-ha..from Friday the 13th. I haven’t been able to find out what bird it was. It was coming from the area that my cat birds often sit in, so I wonder if it was them? I wish I could hear it again. It was strange and beautiful, at the same time.

@MimZik06 3 жыл бұрын

Interesting as always

@aleah559 3 жыл бұрын

These videos are always the highlight of my day :)

@AnimalFactFiles 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks so much 🥺

@Ocyla 2 жыл бұрын

I saw one in my bird bath today, first one I think I've ever seen!

@davidcoates6201 Жыл бұрын

Yeah, the first time I ever saw one, he was sitting on the edge of my birdbath imitating the mating call of a house wren. I had some wrens living above my bedroom window, so that he'd have picked that up was understandable under the circumstances.

@juliac3933 3 жыл бұрын

I think they sound more like angry squirrels than cats

@punothebear Жыл бұрын

It sounded like a jet aircraft.

@angeladesantis7911 Жыл бұрын

Im hoping they stick around year round here in Florida. This is the first year I've noticed them in my yard which is wilded. I've been letting some weeds get bigger before cutting or pulling maybe that why I have a greater verity of birds.

@superdairyboy Ай бұрын

We have a pair, nesting in our Bamboo, they're fairly friendly. But the one sounds like a baby crying. It's weird.

@mikearena1246 Жыл бұрын

I feed them they are so cute

@siyacer 3 жыл бұрын

No wonder I keep hearing meows with no cats

@maskedbandit_champion 3 жыл бұрын

Great video

@AnimalFactFiles 2 жыл бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it!

@greenstar3411 2 ай бұрын

6/4/24 Minneapolis 1st time I’ve seen one

@jayjayhellhound Жыл бұрын

one my cats meows has been getting perfectly mimicked by one of these birds here in north dakota and it makes me do a where the fuk r u cat moment every single time

@Col28 3 жыл бұрын

Is there any difference between the gray catbirds that migrate and the ones that stay put? Any idea why some stay put and some migrate? Also, is it the same individuals who stay put each year and the ones that migrate, or is it just that each year, some of the migrate and some stay put, but not necessarily the same individuals? Does that make sense? Definitely loved that you included the calls toward the end! I wouldn't be in favor that being a regular feature (for those animals that have calls, anyway - not sure how that would work for cephalopods!).

@AnimalFactFiles 2 жыл бұрын

I feel like when I was reading it was more about a location thing. I know some birds stay put certain years they haven't had enough to eat to be able to make the journey or due to age. So there can be lots of factors! I love including the calls when we can but it can be difficult to find available sound clips of many animals. We try when we can!

@SlapstickGenius23 3 жыл бұрын

Meow bird.

@al_7365 3 жыл бұрын

Garfield wants lasagna

@CosmicRabbitCarma Жыл бұрын

Does Chester think they sound like a cat?

@michaelsimko7694 2 жыл бұрын

They should be called the Gray Squirrelbird. I'm very familiar with this Thrasher and their typical call sounds much more like the typical warning call of a Gray Squirrel.

@AnimalFactFiles 2 жыл бұрын

I would swear it's location dependant because the ones where we used to live sounded just like squirrels but the other night in our new place we chased down a cat that ended up being a catbird 🙃

@FACELESS_VOID_00 3 жыл бұрын

Do Tarantula Hawk 🕷🦅

@squirtleyujeong 3 жыл бұрын

I was searching more about this bird because it keeps eating my succulents right out of my greenhouse. It also pecks at ripe tomatos in the garden. Its an aggressive bird, assuming it is protecting its nests, it will make that obnoxious call at you until you are out of sight. Sometimes it will even follow you for a bit until you walk away from its space. They live within the bamboo brush that borders my yard here in NJ. I wish I could get rid of them.. We have plenty of bird feeders, a lake nearby.. Why do they keep eating my succulents? They are not even nutritious! Cries.... They rip their leaves to bits. They especially love to pick them by their roots right out of their propogation trays. They're just awful birds!!!! Great video however I wish you told me how to rid of them 😅🤣🐦

@jackiesicilian5720 2 жыл бұрын

Maybe some tiny worms in succulents? Gotta be a reason their eating them.

@squirtleyujeong 2 жыл бұрын

@@jackiesicilian5720 I have since read more info about it, and it turns out that succulent leaves are mostly water, so birds and other critters sadly enjoy them for a quick snack 🥺 I can't display them in the open outside without wildlife messing with them. And the cat birds, still! Lol.. I keep them in the basement with indoor lighting set up, and now that it is warmer I keep them in the outdoor gazebo ☺️🐦

@charlesbennett7484 3 жыл бұрын

Have you ever done any videos on golden kestrels?

@nemo1716 2 жыл бұрын

3:07

@theotheseaeagle 2 жыл бұрын

Never heard of them

@anthonykeith6138 3 жыл бұрын

No I live in the north

@rarefruit2320 Жыл бұрын

They’ll eat all your fruit

@khaynelson1297 3 жыл бұрын

Do zebras 🦓

@vezziGD 3 жыл бұрын

birb

@3456yuhhhjjijZiadtui 3 жыл бұрын

Can you do

@IntercontinentalArmy Жыл бұрын

There's 4 places in the world that you will find Gray Cat Birds. I wouldn't suggest going to any of them! Fort Wayne, Indiana is being operated by Islamic State and FLDS. The other is Washington DC and those birds are non-verbal!