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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 northern mockingbird (Mimus polyglottos) is a mockingbird commonly found in North America, of the family Mimidae. ... Its current genus name, Mimus, ...
The tropical mockingbird's song is "a varied and long-continued sequence of diverse mellow to harsh notes, trills, with considerable repetition of phrases". It will often sing through the night. It apparently rarely mimics other species. Its calls include "a resonant 'pree-ew'" and "a harsh 'chick' or 'chek'". [6]
Mimus is a bird genus in the family Mimidae.It contains the typical mockingbirds.In 2007, the genus Nesomimus was merged into Mimus by the American Ornithologists' Union. [2] The genus name is Latin for "mimic".
In 1890, Robert Ridgway created the genus Nesomimus for the mockingbirds found on the Galápagos Islands, and most taxonomists adopted the change. Recent DNA studies, however, show that the Nesomimus mockingbirds fall within the traditional genus Mimus, making the latter paraphyletic, so some taxonomists have moved them back into Mimus. [2]
Long-tailed mockingbird Conservation status Least Concern (IUCN 3.1) Scientific classification Domain: Eukaryota Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Aves Order: Passeriformes Family: Mimidae Genus: Mimus Species: M. longicaudatus Binomial name Mimus longicaudatus Tschudi, 1844 The long-tailed mockingbird (Mimus longicaudatus) is a species of bird in the family Mimidae. It is found in ...
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 ...
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 ...