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Mimus  F. Boie, 1826
Taxonomic Serial No.: 178619

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Animalia  
  Taxonomic Rank: Genus  
  Synonym(s): Mimodes Ridgway, 1882
  
    Nesomimus Ridgway, 1890
  
  Common Name(s): Mockingbirds [English]
  
       
  Taxonomic Status:    
  Current Standing: valid  
       
  Data Quality Indicators:    
  Record Credibility Rating: verified - standards met  
  Global Species Completeness: complete   
  Latest Record Review: 2026   
       

 Taxonomic Hierarchy
       
 KingdomAnimalia  – Animal, animaux, animals  
    SubkingdomBilateria  – triploblasts  
       InfrakingdomDeuterostomia   
          PhylumChordata  – cordés, cordado, chordates  
             SubphylumVertebrata  – vertebrado, vertébrés, vertebrates  
                InfraphylumGnathostomata   
                   SuperclassTetrapoda   
                      ClassAves  – Birds, oiseaux  
                         OrderPasseriformes  – Perching Birds, passereaux  
                            FamilyMimidae Bonaparte, 1853 – mockingbirds, thrashers  
                               GenusMimus F. Boie, 1826 – Mockingbirds  
    Direct Children:  
                                  Species Mimus dorsalis (d'Orbigny & Lafresnaye, 1837) – Moqueur à dos brun, sabiá-acastanhado, mimo-castanho, Sinsonte castaño, Brown-backed Mockingbird 
                                  Species Mimus gilvus (Vieillot, 1808) – Moqueur des savanes, sabiá-da-praia, mimo-tropical, Sinsonte tropical, Centzontle tropical, Tropical Mockingbird 
                                  Species Mimus graysoni (Lawrence, 1871) – Moqueur de Socorro, sabiá-de-socorro, mimo-de-socorro, Sinsonte de Socorro, Socorro Mockingbird, Centzontle de Socorro 
                                  Species Mimus gundlachii Cabanis, 1855 – Moqueur des Bahamas, sabiá-das-baamas, mimo-das-bahamas, Sinsonte de las Bahamas, Bahama Mockingbird 
                                  Species Mimus longicaudatus Tschudi, 1844 – Moqueur à longue queue, sabiá-rabilongo, mimo-rabilongo, Sinsonte colilargo, Long-tailed Mockingbird 
                                  Species Mimus macdonaldi (Ridgway, 1890) – Espanola Mockingbird, Moqueur d'Espanola, sabiá-da-espanhola, mimo-da-espanhola, Sinsonte de Española 
                                  Species Mimus melanotis (Gould, 1837) – Moqueur de San Cristobal, sabiá-da-são-cristóvão, mimo-de-são-cristóvão, Sinsonte de San Cristóbal, San Cristobal Mockingbird 
                                  Species Mimus parvulus (Gould, 1837) – Moqueur des Galapagos, sabiá-das-galápagos, mimo-das-galápagos, Sinsonte de Galápagos, Galapagos Mockingbird 
                                  Species Mimus patagonicus (d'Orbigny & Lafresnaye, 1837) – Moqueur de Patagonie, sabiá-patagónico, mimo-patagónico, Sinsonte patagón, Patagonian Mockingbird 
                                  Species Mimus polyglottos (Linnaeus, 1758) – Moqueur polyglotte, tordo-imitador, mimo-nortenho, Sinsonte norteño, Centzontle norteño, Northern Mockingbird 
                                  Species Mimus saturninus (M. H. C. Lichtenstein, 1823) – Moqueur plombé, sabiá-do-campo, mimo-de-sobrancelha, Sinsonte calandria, Chalk-browed Mockingbird 
                                  Species Mimus thenca (Molina, 1782) – Moqueur du Chili, sabiá-chileno, mimo-chileno, Sinsonte tenca, Chilean Mockingbird 
                                  Species Mimus trifasciatus (Gould, 1837) – Moqueur de Floreana, sabiá-da-floreana, mimo-da-floreana, Sinsonte de Floreana, Floreana Mockingbird 
                                  Species Mimus triurus (Vieillot, 1818) – Moqueur à ailes blanches, calhandra-de-três-rabos, mimo-d'asa-branca, Sinsonte trescolas, White-banded Mockingbird 
       

 References
       
  Expert(s):    
  Expert: Alan P. Peterson, M.D.  
  Notes: PO Box 1999 Walla Walla, Washington 99362-0999   
  Reference for: Mimus    
       
  Expert: Richard C. Banks  
  Notes: Chief, Bird Section, U.S.G.S. - B.R.D. - P.W.R.C.   
  Reference for: Mimus    
       
  Other Source(s):    
  Source: IOC World Bird List (version 15.1), website (version 15.1)  
  Acquired: 2025   
  Notes: Gill, F., D. Donsker, and P. Rasmussen, eds. 2025. IOC World Bird List (v 15.1. Available at http://www.worldbirdnames.org [Accessed 03 Mar 2025]. doi : 10.14344/IOC.ML.14.1   
  Reference for: Mimus   
       
  Source: NODC Taxonomic Code, database (version 8.0)  
  Acquired: 1996   
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Mimus   
       
  Publication(s):    
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Banks, R. C., R. W. McDiarmid, and A. L. Gardner  
  Publication Date: 1987   
  Article/Chapter Title: Checklist of Vertebrates of the United States, the U.S. Territories, and Canada   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Resource Publication, no. 166   
  Page(s): 79   
  Publisher: United States Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service   
  Publication Place: Washington, D.C., USA   
  ISBN/ISSN:    
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Mimus   
       

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