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Mimus Chilean Mockingbird (M. thenca) Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Aves Order: Passeriformes Family: Mimidae Genus: Mimus
F. Boie, 1826Synonyms Nesomimus Ridgway, 1890
Orpheus Swainson, 1827Mimus 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.[1]
The following species are placed here:
- Brown-backed Mockingbird, Mimus dorsalis
- Bahama Mockingbird, Mimus gundlachii
- Long-tailed Mockingbird, Mimus longicaudatus
- Patagonian Mockingbird, Mimus patagonicus
- Chilean Mockingbird, Mimus thenca
- White-banded Mockingbird, Mimus triurus
- Northern Mockingbird, Mimus polyglottos
- Socorro Mockingbird, Mimus graysoni
- Tropical Mockingbird, Mimus gilvus
- Chalk-browed Mockingbird, Mimus saturninus
The Nesomimus group includes the following species:
- Hood Mockingbird, Mimus macdonaldi
- Galápagos Mockingbird, Mimus parvulus
- Floreana Mockingbird or Charles Mockingbird, Mimus trifasciatus
- San Cristóbal Mockingbird, Mimus melanotis
The Nesomimus group is endemic to the Galápagos Islands. These mockingbirds were important in Charles Darwin's development of the theory of evolution by natural selection.
References
External links
Media related to Mimus at Wikimedia Commons Media related to Nesomimus at Wikimedia Commons
- Darwin's Mockingbirds; a site about the Nesomimus group run by Professor Robert L. Curry of Villanova University.
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