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The Galápagos mockingbird is one of four mockingbird species endemic to the Galápagos Islands. These four are all closely related, and DNA evidence shows they likely all descended from an ancestor species which reached the islands in a single colonization event.
San Cristóbal mockingbird Conservation status Near Threatened (IUCN 3.1) Scientific classification Domain: Eukaryota Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Aves Order: Passeriformes Family: Mimidae Genus: Mimus Species: M. melanotis Binomial name Mimus melanotis (Gould, 1837) Synonyms Nesomimus melanotis The San Cristóbal mockingbird (Mimus melanotis) or Chatham mockingbird, is a species ...
Galapagos mockingbird. Order: Passeriformes Family: Mimidae. Mockingbirds are an American group of passerine birds. In the Galápagos they are famous (along with Darwin's finches) for confirming Charles Darwin's theory of evolution. Galapagos mockingbird, Mimus parvulus (E) Floreana mockingbird, Mimus trifasciatus (E)
The Hood mockingbird (Mimus macdonaldi), also known as the Española mockingbird, is a species of bird in the family Mimidae. It is endemic to Española Island in the Galápagos Islands, Ecuador, and it is one of four closely related mockingbird species endemic to the Galápagos archipelago. It is found in dry forests and is omnivorous, though ...
There are about 17 species in two genera, although three species of mockingbird from the Galápagos Islands were formerly separated into a third genus, Nesomimus.The mockingbirds do not appear to form a monophyletic lineage, as Mimus and Melanotis are not each other's closest relatives; instead, Melanotis appears to be more closely related to the catbirds, while the closest living relatives of ...
The Floreana mockingbird (Mimus trifasciatus) or the Charles Island mockingbird, is a species of bird in the family Mimidae. It was endemic to Floreana , one of the Galápagos Islands , but now is found only on two nearby islets, Campeón and Gardner-near-Floreana.
On Friday morning, the world learned of the passing of Harper Lee, the beloved author of one of the most influential books in American history, To Kill a Mockingbird. One of two books that Lee had ...
Galápagos hawk: Buteo galapagoensis: All habitats throughout the islands, except on Genovesa, San Cristóbal, and Floreana [11] VU: 8 Large-billed flycatcher: Myiarchus magnirostris: LC: 9 Galapagos mockingbird: Mimus parvulus: LC: 10 Floreana mockingbird: Mimus trifasciatus: EN: Also known as Charles Island mockingbird 11 Hood mockingbird ...