- any of several American or Australian birds having catlike cries, especially Dumetella carolinensis(gray catbird ), of North America.
- any of several North American songbirds of the family Mimidae (mockingbirds), esp Dumetella carolinensis, whose call resembles the mewing of a cat
- any of several Australian bowerbirds of the genera Ailuroedus and Scenopoeetes, having a catlike call
