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| Mockingbirds are a group of New World passerine birds best known for the habit of some species of mimicking the songs of other birds, often loudly and in rapid succession. | |||
| Most species are tropical, but the Northern Mockingbird breeds throughout the United States and Canada. 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 polyglottos | |||
| 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) | |||
| Genetic tests have shown that mockingbirds are most closely related to starlings. | |||
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