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Mimus
	Chilean mockingbird (M. thenca)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Passeriformes
Family:	Mimidae
Genus:	Mimus; F. Boie, 1826
Type species
	Turdus polyglottos; Linnaeus, 1758
Species
	14 recognized species, see text
Synonyms
	Nesomimus Ridgway, 1890; Orpheus Swainson, 1827

Mimus is a bird genus in the family Mimidae. It contains the typical mockingbirds. In 2007, the genus Nesomimus was merged into Mimus by the American Ornithologists' Union.^[2] The genus name is Latin for "mimic".^[3]

The following species are placed here:

Brown-backed mockingbird, Mimus dorsalis
Bahama mockingbird, Mimus gundlachii
Long-tailed mockingbird, Mimus longicaudatus
Patagonian mockingbird, Mimus patagonicus
Chilean mockingbird, Mimus thenca
White-banded mockingbird, Mimus triurus
Northern mockingbird, Mimus polyglottos
Socorro mockingbird, Mimus graysoni
Tropical mockingbird, Mimus gilvus
Chalk-browed mockingbird, Mimus saturninus

The Nesomimus group includes the following species endemic to the Galápagos Islands:

Hood mockingbird, Mimus macdonaldi
Galápagos mockingbird, Mimus parvulus
Floreana mockingbird or Charles mockingbird, Mimus trifasciatus
San Cristóbal mockingbird, Mimus melanotis

The Nesomimus group is endemic to the Galápagos Islands. These mockingbirds were important in Charles Darwin's development of the theory of evolution by natural selection.

Previous to the merger between Nesomimus and Mimus scientists have proved in 1971 that both groups can produce hybrids. Robert I. Bowman and Anne Carter have studied a female Galápagos mockingbird and a male from the long-tailed mockingbird subspecies Mimus longicaudatus punensis that have interbred. They raised a hybrid offspring to adulthood.^[4]

References

^ "Mimidae". aviansystematics.org. The Trust for Avian Systematics. Retrieved 2023-07-15.
^ American Ornithologists' Union, changes since 2005
^ Jobling, James A (2010). The Helm Dictionary of Scientific Bird Names. London: Christopher Helm. p. 255. ISBN 978-1-4081-2501-4.
^ BOWMAN, R. I. and A. CARTER (1971). "Egg-pecking behavior in Galapagos mockingbirds". Living Bird 10:243-270. ISSN 1059-521X.