- Nesomimus
Taxobox
name = Nesomimus
image_width = 250px
image_caption =Hood Mockingbird
regnum =Animalia
phylum =Chordata
classis =Aves
ordo =Passeriformes
familia =Mimidae
genus = "Nesomimus"
genus_authority = Ridgway 1890"Nesomimus" is a
bird genus in the familyMimidae (mockingbirds, catbirds and thrashers). The genus is endemic to theGalápagos Islands . The species were important inCharles Darwin 's development of the theory ofevolution by natural selection.It contains the following species:
*Hood Mockingbird , "Nesomimus macdonaldi")
*Galápagos Mockingbird , "Nesomimus parvulus")
*Floreana Mockingbird or Charles Mockingbird, "Nesomimus trifasciatus")
*San Cristobal Mockingbird , "Nesomimus melanotis")External links
* [http://oikos.villanova.edu/Nesomimus/index.html Darwin's Mockingbirds] ; a site run by Professor Robert L. Curry of
Villanova University on the genus.
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