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Mimus gilvus  (Vieillot, 1808)
Taxonomic Serial No.: 561123

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Animalia  
  Taxonomic Rank: Species  
  Synonym(s): Turdus gilvus Vieillot, 1808
  
  Common Name(s): Moqueur des savanes [French]
  
    sabiá-da-praia [Portuguese]
  
    mimo-tropical [Portuguese]
  
    Sinsonte tropical [Spanish]
  
    Centzontle tropical [Spanish]
  
    Tropical Mockingbird [English]
  
       
  Taxonomic Status:    
  Current Standing: valid  
       
  Data Quality Indicators:    
  Record Credibility Rating: verified - standards met  
       

 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  
                                  SpeciesMimus gilvus (Vieillot, 1808) – Moqueur des savanes, sabiá-da-praia, mimo-tropical, Sinsonte tropical, Centzontle tropical, Tropical Mockingbird  
    Direct Children:  
                                     SubspeciesMimus gilvus antelius Oberholser, 1919  
                                     SubspeciesMimus gilvus antillarum Hellmayr & Seilern, 1915  
                                     SubspeciesMimus gilvus gilvus (Vieillot, 1808)  
                                     SubspeciesMimus gilvus gracilis Cabanis, 1851  
                                     SubspeciesMimus gilvus leucophaeus Ridgway, 1888  
                                     SubspeciesMimus gilvus magnirostris Cory, 1887  
                                     SubspeciesMimus gilvus melanopterus Lawrence, 1849  
                                     SubspeciesMimus gilvus rostratus Ridgway, 1884  
                                     SubspeciesMimus gilvus tobagensis Dalmas, 1900  
                                     SubspeciesMimus gilvus tolimensis Ridgway, 1904  
       

 References
       
  Expert(s):    
  Expert: Alan P. Peterson, M.D.   
  Notes: PO Box 1999 Walla Walla, Washington 99362-0999   
  Reference for: Mimus gilvus    
       
  Other Source(s):    
  Source: AOU Check-List (07-2005), website (version Jul-2005)  
  Acquired: 2005   
  Notes: American Ornithologists' Union's "LIST OF THE 2,037 BIRD SPECIES (WITH SCIENTIFIC AND ENGLISH NAMES) KNOWN FROM THE A.O.U. CHECK-LIST AREA" (AOU Check-list, 7th edition, updated with Supplements 42-46), maintained at http://www.aou.org/   
  Reference for: Mimus gilvus, Tropical Mockingbird [English]   
       
  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 gilvus, Tropical Mockingbird [English]   
       
  Publication(s):    
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Gill, Frank, and Minturn Wright   
  Publication Date: 2006   
  Article/Chapter Title:    
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Birds of the World: Recommended English Names   
  Page(s): ix + 259   
  Publisher: Princeton University Press   
  Publication Place: Princeton, New Jersey, USA   
  ISBN/ISSN: 0-691-12827-8   
  Notes: Includes a CD-ROM with the full dataset   
  Reference for: Mimus gilvus, Tropical Mockingbird [English]   
       

 Geographic Information
       
  Geographic Division: Caribbean  
    Middle America  
    South America  
       
  Jurisdiction/Origin: Mexico, Native  
 

 

    

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