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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.