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Mimidae

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The list of species of Mimidae family

The mimids are the New World family of passerine birds, Mimidae, that includes thrashers, mockingbirds, tremblers, and the New World catbirds. As their name (Latin for "mimic") suggests, these birds are notable for their vocalization, especially some species' remarkable ability to mimic a wide variety of birds and other sounds heard outdoors.

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Northern Mockingbird

Mimus polyglottos

The Northern mockingbird (Mimus polyglottos) is a mockingbird commonly found in North America and has rarely been observed in Europe. The bird is known for its mimicking ability, as reflected by the meaning of its scientific name, "many-tongued...

Gray Catbird

Dumetella carolinensis

The Gray catbird (Dumetella carolinensis) is a medium-sized perching bird found in the Americs. It is the only member of the "catbird" genus Dumetella. In some areas it is known as the Slate-colored mockingbird.

Brown Thrasher

Toxostoma rufum

The Brown thrasher (Toxostoma rufum) is a fairly large songbird that belongs to the family of New World catbirds and mockingbirds. It is noted for having over 1000 song types, and the largest song repertoire of birds.

Curve-billed thrasher

Toxostoma curvirostre

The curve-billed thrasher (Toxostoma curvirostre ) is a medium-sized mimid native to most of Mexico and to the deserts of southwestern United States. It is a non-migratory species, and throughout most of its range it is the most common desert...

Sage thrasher

Oreoscoptes montanus

The sage thrasher (Oreoscoptes montanus ) is a medium-sized passerine bird from the family Mimidae, which also includes mockingbirds, tremblers, and New World catbirds. It is the only member of the genus Oreoscoptes. This seems less close to the...

Tropical mockingbird

Mimus gilvus

The tropical mockingbird (Mimus gilvus ) is a resident breeding bird from southern Mexico to northern and eastern South America and in the Lesser Antilles and other Caribbean islands.

Hood mockingbird

Mimus macdonaldi

The Hood mockingbird (Mimus macdonaldi ), also known as the Española mockingbird, is a species of bird in the family Mimidae. It is endemic to Española Island in the Galápagos Islands, Ecuador, and it is one of four closely related mockingbird...

Black catbird

Melanoptila glabrirostris

The black catbird (Melanoptila glabrirostris ) is a songbird species in the monotypic genus Melanoptila, part of the family Mimidae. At 19–20.5 cm (7.5–8.1 in) in length and 31.6–42 g (1.11–1.48 oz) in mass, it is the smallest of the mimids. Sexes...

California thrasher

Toxostoma redivivum

The California thrasher (Toxostoma redivivum ) is a large member of family Mimidae found primarily in chaparral habitat in California and Baja California. It is the only species of Toxostoma throughout most of its range.

Long-billed thrasher

Toxostoma longirostre

The long-billed thrasher (Toxostoma longirostre ) is a medium-sized resident songbird of South Texas and eastern Mexico. It bears a strong resemblance to its close relative the brown thrasher in appearance, calls, and various other behaviors;...

Blue mockingbird

Melanotis caerulescens

The blue mockingbird (Melanotis caerulescens ) is a species of bird in the family Mimidae. It is endemic to Mexico, but has occurred as a vagrant in the southern United States. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forests,...

Floreana mockingbird

Mimus trifasciatus

The Floreana mockingbird (Mimus trifasciatus ) or the Charles Island mockingbird, is a species of bird in the family Mimidae. It was endemic to Floreana, one of the Galápagos Islands, but now is found only on two nearby islets, Campeón and...

Socorro mockingbird

Mimus graysoni

The Socorro mockingbird (Mimus graysoni ) is an endangered mockingbird endemic to Socorro Island in Mexico's Revillagigedo Islands. The specific epithet commemorates the American ornithologist Andrew Jackson Grayson.Mimus graysoni shows its close...

Brown-backed mockingbird

Mimus dorsalis

The brown-backed mockingbird (Mimus dorsalis ) is a species of bird in the family Mimidae. It is found in Argentina and Bolivia.

Galápagos mockingbird

Mimus parvulus

The Galápagos mockingbird (Mimus parvulus ) is a species of bird in the family Mimidae. It is endemic to the Galápagos Islands, Ecuador.

Long-tailed mockingbird

Mimus longicaudatus

The long-tailed mockingbird (Mimus longicaudatus ) is a species of bird in the family Mimidae. It is found in Ecuador and Peru.

Bahama mockingbird

Mimus gundlachii

The Bahama mockingbird (Mimus gundlachii ) is a species of bird in the family Mimidae. It is found in the Bahamas, Cuba, Jamaica and the Turks and Caicos Islands, and is a vagrant to Florida.

Chalk-browed mockingbird

Mimus saturninus

The chalk-browed mockingbird (Mimus saturninus ) is a bird in the family mimidae. It is found in Brazil, Bolivia, Argentina, Paraguay, Suriname, and Uruguay.

Cozumel thrasher

Toxostoma guttatum

The Cozumel thrasher (Toxostoma guttatum ) is a bird from the mockingbird family (Mimidae), which is endemic to the island of Cozumel off the Yucatán Peninsula, Mexico. It is believed to be the most critically endangered species of bird in Mexico -...

Bendire's thrasher

Toxostoma bendirei

Bendire's thrasher (Toxostoma bendirei ) is a medium-sized species of thrasher native to the southwestern United States and northwestern Mexico. It is 23–28 centimetres (9.1–11.0 in) long, with a long tail and a medium-sized bill. Coloration is...

Pearly-eyed thrasher

Margarops fuscatus

The pearly-eyed thrasher (Margarops fuscatus ) is a bird in the thrasher family Mimidae. It is found on many Caribbean islands, from the Bahamas in the north to the Grenadines in the south, with an isolated population on Bonaire. At least two...

Crissal thrasher

Toxostoma crissale

The crissal thrasher (Toxostoma crissale ) is a large thrasher found in the Southwestern United States (western Texas, southern New Mexico, southern Arizona, southeastern California, extreme southern Nevada, and extreme southwestern Utah) to central...

LeConte's thrasher

Toxostoma lecontei

LeConte's thrasher (Toxostoma lecontei ) is a pale bird found in the southwestern United States and northwestern Mexico. It prefers to live in deserts with very little vegetation, where it blends in with the sandy soils. LeConte's thrashers are...

White-banded mockingbird

Mimus triurus

The white-banded mockingbird (Mimus triurus ) is a species of bird in the family Mimidae. It is found in Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Paraguay, and Uruguay.

Chilean mockingbird

Mimus thenca

The Chilean mockingbird (Mimus thenca ), locally known as tenca, is a species of bird in the family Mimidae. It primarily inhabits Chile's northern half, though there are sightings in Argentina.

Patagonian mockingbird

Mimus patagonicus

The Patagonian mockingbird (Mimus patagonicus ) is a species of bird in the family Mimidae. It is found in much of Argentina and locally in Chile.

Blue-and-white mockingbird

Melanotis hypoleucus

The blue-and-white mockingbird (Melanotis hypoleucus ) is a species of bird in the family Mimidae. It is found in El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, and Mexico.

San Cristóbal mockingbird

Mimus melanotis

The San Cristóbal mockingbird (Mimus melanotis ) or Chatham mockingbird, is a species of bird in the family Mimidae. It is endemic to San Cristóbal Island in the Galápagos Islands.

Brown trembler

Cinclocerthia ruficauda

The brown trembler (Cinclocerthia ruficauda ) is a species of bird in the family Mimidae, the mockingbirds and thrashers. It is found on the islands of Saba, St. Kitts, Nevis, Montserrat, Guadeloupe, Dominica and St. Vincent in the Lesser Antilles...

Grey trembler

Cinclocerthia gutturalis

The grey trembler (Cinclocerthia gutturalis ) is a songbird species in the family Mimidae, the mockingbirds and thrashers. It is found only on Martinique and Saint Lucia in the Lesser Antilles of the Caribbean Sea.

Scaly-breasted thrasher

Allenia fusca

The scaly-breasted thrasher (Allenia fusca ) is a species of bird in the family Mimidae. It is found throughout much of the Lesser Antilles of the Caribbean Sea.

White-breasted thrasher

Ramphocinclus brachyurus

The white-breasted thrasher (Ramphocinclus brachyurus ), also known as goj blan in Creole, is a species of bird in the family Mimidae. Semper and Sclater (1872) describe the white-breasted thrasher as an "inquisitive and noisy bird" that would often...

Ocellated thrasher

Toxostoma ocellatum

The ocellated thrasher (Toxostoma ocellatum ) is a species of bird in the family Mimidae. It is endemic to Mexico.

Gray thrasher

Toxostoma cinereum

The gray thrasher (Toxostoma cinereum ) is a medium-sized passerine bird belonging to the family Mimidae. It is endemic to the Baja California peninsula of Mexico.