Habitat and Distribution
The Mockingbird usually resides in vacated areas and forest edges. It is usually sighted in farmlands, roadsides, city parks, suburban areas, and open grassy areas with thickets and brushy deserts. When foraging for food, it prefers short grass or sheer substrate. It also has an affinity for mowed lawns. This bird refrains from residing within densely forested areas.
The Mockingbirds' breeding range is from Maritime provinces of Canada westwards to British Columbia, practically the entire Continental United States, and the majority of Mexico to eastern Oaxaca and Veracruz. The Mockingbird is generally a year-round resident of its range, but the birds that live in the northern portion of its range have been noted further south during the winter season. The bird can most frequently be found in the Southern United States. Sightings of the Mockingbird has also been recorded in Hawaii (where it was introduced), southeastern Alaska, as well as three recorded British transatlantic vagrants, though one was certain to be an escaped bird.
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