Mockingbird

Melanotis

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Mimodes

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Mimus

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Nesomimus

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:This article is about the bird known as the Mockingbird. For other uses, see Mockingbird (disambiguation).

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Mockingbirds are a group of New World passerine birds best

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New World - Passerine - Bird

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known for the habit of some species of mimicking the songs of other birds, often loudly and in rapid succession.

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Most species are tropical; the Northern Mockingbird is the species

Related Topics:
Tropical - Northern Mockingbird

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familiar throughout the United States and Canada. It is the

Related Topics:
United States - Canada

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state bird of Tennessee, Texas, Mississippi, and Florida.

Related Topics:
State bird - Tennessee - Texas - Mississippi - Florida

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There are 17 species in four genera.

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Genus Melanotis

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• Blue Mockingbird Melanotis caerulescens
• Blue-and-white Mockingbird Melanotis hypoleucus

Genus Mimodes

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• Socorro Mockingbird Mimodes graysoni

Genus Mimus

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• 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)

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• 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

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starlings.

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