Mimus
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| Chilean Mockingbird (M. thenca) | |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Mimidae |
| Genus: | Mimus F. Boie, 1826 |
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Nesomimus Ridgway, 1890 |
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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:
- 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.
[edit] References
[edit] 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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