- Chilean Mockingbird
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Tenca, Chilean Mockingbird Conservation status Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Aves Order: Passeriformes Family: Mimidae Genus: Mimus Species: M. thenca Binomial name Mimus thenca
(Molina, 1782)The Chilean Mockingbird (Mimus thenca) locally known as Tenca[1] is a species of bird in the Mimidae family.[2] It inhabit Chile and Argentina
Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry shrubland and heavily degraded former forest. An example habitat is the dry shrub and forest of La Campana National Park.[3]. In Argentina inhabit dry patagonian steppes [4].
References
- AvesdeChile.cl
- BirdLife International. 2004. Mimus thenca. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 26 July 2007.
- C. Michael Hogan. 2008. Chilean Wine Palm: Jubaea chilensis, GlobalTwitcher.com, ed. N. Stromberg
- H. Matarasso and R. Seró López. 2008. La Tenca en la provincia de Neuquén: una nueva especie para Argentina. El Hornero. ISSN= 1850-4884 , Buenos Aires. [1]
Line notes
- ^ Aves de Chile
- ^ BirdLife International. 2004
- ^ C. Michael Hogan. 2008
- ^ Matarasso, 2008
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