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Mimidae

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Patagonian Mockingbird Mimus patagonicus � James Lowen http://www.pbase.com/james_lowen

There are 34 Species in this family, all exclusive to the New World - both Western Nearctic and Neotropical zones. They are:

Grey Catbird Dumetella carolinensis

Black Catbird Melanoptila glabrirostris

Northern Mockingbird Mimus polyglottos
Tropical Mockingbird Mimus gilvus
Bahama Mockingbird Mimus gundlachii
Chilean Mockingbird Mimus thenca
Long-tailed Mockingbird Mimus longicaudatus
Chalk-browed Mockingbird Mimus saturninus
Patagonian Mockingbird Mimus patagonicus
White-banded Mockingbird Mimus triurus
Brown-backed Mockingbird Mimus dorsalis
Galapagos Mockingbird Mimus parvulus
Floreana Mockingbird Mimus trifasciatus
Hood Mockingbird Mimus macdonaldi
San Cristobal Mockingbird Mimus melanotis
Socorro Mockingbird Mimus graysoni

Sage Thrasher Oreoscoptes montanus

Brown Thrasher Toxostoma rufum
Long-billed Thrasher Toxostoma longirostre
Cozumel Thrasher Toxostoma guttatum
Grey Thrasher Toxostoma cinereum
Bendire's Thrasher Toxostoma bendirei
Ocellated Thrasher Toxostoma ocellatum
Curve-billed Thrasher Toxostoma curvirostre
California Thrasher Toxostoma redivivum
Crissal Thrasher Toxostoma crissale
Le Conte's Thrasher Toxostoma lecontei

White-breasted Thrasher Ramphocinclus brachyurus

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

Scaly-breasted Thrasher Allenia fusca

Pearly-eyed Thrasher Margarops fuscatus

Brown Trembler Cinclocerthia ruficauda
Grey Trembler Cinclocerthia gutturalis

Family Links

Mockingbirds Mimidae

http://www.math.sunysb.edu/~tony/birds/mimics.html

Sonograms from some species...

Mockingbirds Mimidae

http://www.montereybay.com/creagrus/thrashers.html

Full family account...

Mockingbirds Mimidae

http://www.worldbirder.com/photonew/xpages/search.asp?WBsearch=Mimidae

Images of several species...

Mockingbirds Mimidae

http://animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/chordata/aves/passeriformes/mimidae.html

Calls

Mockingbirds Mimidae

http://www.npwrc.usgs.gov/resource/distr/birds/songbird/mimidae.htm

Species in North Dakota

Species Links

Black Catbird Melanoptila glabrirostris

http://www.ambergriscaye.com/birds/catbird.html

In the order of Passiformes is a unique family exclusively of the new world called Mimidae. The Mimidae consist of the Mockingbird, Thrashers and Catbirds. This week's bird of the week is known as Durnetellas galbriroslris or the Black Catbird...