Mockingbird
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Mockingbirds are a group of New World passerine birds best known for habit of mimicking the songs of other birds, often loudly in rapid succession.
Most species are tropical; the Northern Mockingbird[?] is the type familiar throughout the United States. It is the state bird[?] for several states of the union.
There are 17 species in four genera.
Genus Melanotis
- Blue Mockingbird[?] Melanotis caerulescens
- Blue-and-white Mockingbird[?] Melanotis hypoleucus
Genus Mimodes
- Socorro Mockingbird[?] Mimodes graysoni
Genus Mimus
- Brown-backed Mockingbird[?] Mimus dorsalis
- Tropical Mockingbird[?] Mimus gilvus
- Bahama Mockingbird[?] Mimus gundlachii
- Long-tailed Mockingbird[?] Mimus longicaudatus
- Large-billed Mockingbird[?] Mimus magnirostris
- Patagonian Mockingbird[?] Mimus patagonicus
- Northern Mockingbird[?] Mimus polyglottis
- Chalk-browed Mockingbird[?] Mimus saturninus
- Chilean Mockingbird[?] Mimus thenca
- White-banded Mockingbird[?] Mimus triuris
Genus Nesomimus (Galápagos Islands)
- Española Mockingbird[?] Nesomimus mcdonaldi
- San Cristóbal Mockingbird[?] Nesomimus melanotis
- Galápagos Mockingbird[?] Nesomimus parvulus
- Floreana Mockingbird[?] Nesomimus trifasciatus (extremely rare)
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