Typical mockingbird

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.

The following species are placed here:
 * Chilean Mockingbird, Mimus thenca
 * Patagonian Mockingbird, Mimus patagonicus
 * Chalk-browed Mockingbird, Mimus saturninus
 * White-banded Mockingbird, Mimus triurus
 * Brown-backed Mockingbird, Mimus dorsalis
 * Long-tailed Mockingbird, Mimus longicaudatus
 * Socorro Mockingbird, Mimus graysoni
 * Northern Mockingbird, Mimus polyglottos
 * Tropical Mockingbird, Mimus gilvus
 * Bahama Mockingbird, Mimus gundlachii

The Nesomimus group includes the following species:
 * Hood Mockingbird / Espanola 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.