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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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