Typical Mockingbirds
Mimus
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. The genus name is Latin for "mimic".
17 branches of this genus, most-observed first · about 14 known species
Northern Mockingbird
speciesMimus polyglottos
Tropical Mockingbird
speciesMimus gilvus
Chalk-browed Mockingbird
speciesMimus saturninus
Chilean Mockingbird
speciesMimus thenca
Long-tailed Mockingbird
speciesMimus longicaudatus
White-banded Mockingbird
speciesMimus triurus
Galápagos Mockingbird
speciesMimus parvulus
Patagonian Mockingbird
speciesMimus patagonicus
Brown-backed Mockingbird
speciesMimus dorsalis
Española Mockingbird
speciesMimus macdonaldi
San Cristóbal Mockingbird
speciesMimus melanotis
Bahama Mockingbird
speciesMimus gundlachii
Socorro Mockingbird
speciesMimus graysoni
Floreana Mockingbird
speciesMimus trifasciatus
Northern × Tropical Mockingbird
hybridMimus gilvus × polyglottos
Chilean × Chalk-browed Mockingbird
hybridMimus thenca × saturninus
Mimus gundlachii × polyglottos
hybridMimus gundlachii × polyglottos
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 14877.