Mockingbird

Mockingbirds are a group of New World passerine song-birds. They are best known for the habit of some species mimicking the songs of insect and amphibian sounds, and other bird songs,10000birds.com often loudly and in rapid succession. There are about 17 species in three genera.Hunt, Jeffrey S.; Bermingham, Eldredge; & Ricklefs, Robert E.(2001): "Molecular systematics and biogeography of Antillean thrashers, tremblers, and mockingbirds (Aves: Mimidae) ." The Auk 118 (1): 35–55. DOI:10.1642/0004-8038(2001)118[0035:MSABOA]2.0.CO;2Barber, Brian R.; Martínez-Gómez, Juan E. & Peterson, A. Townsend (2004) "Systematic position of the Socorro mockingbird Mimodes graysoni." Journal of Avian Biology 35: 195–198. 

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