Mimus | |
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Chilean Mockingbird (M. thenca) | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Clade: | Inopinaves |
Order: | Passeriformes |
Suborder: | Passeri |
Superfamily: | Muscicapoidea |
Clade: | Starling clade |
Family: | Mimidae |
Genus: | Mimus Rafinesque, 1815 |
Species | |
14 recognized species, see article. | |
Synonyms | |
Nesomimus Ridgway, 1890 |
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.[1]
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.
References[]
External links[]
Media related to Typical mockingbird 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.
This article is part of Project Bird Families, a All Birds project that aims to write comprehensive articles on each bird family, including made-up families. |
This article is part of Project Bird Taxonomy, a All Birds project that aims to write comprehensive articles on every order, family and other taxonomic rank related to birds. |
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