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Mockingbirds are a group of New World passerine birds from the Mimiday family. They are best known for the habit of some species mimicking the songs of other birds and the sounds of insects and amphibians,〔(10000birds.com )〕 often loudly and in rapid succession. There are about 17 species in three genera. These do not appear to form a monophyletic lineage: ''Mimus'' and ''Nesomimus'' are quite closely related; their closest living relatives appear to be some thrashers, such as the sage thrasher. ''Melanotis'' is more distinct; it seems to represent a very ancient basal lineage of Mimidae.〔Hunt, Jeffrey S.; Bermingham, Eldredge; & Ricklefs, Robert E. (2001): "(Molecular systematics and biogeography of Antillean thrashers, tremblers, and mockingbirds (Aves: Mimidae) )." '' Auk'' 118(1): 35–55. DOI:10.1642/0004-8038(2001)118()2.0.CO;2〕〔Barber, Brian R.; Martínez-Gómez, Juan E. & Peterson, A. Townsend (2004) "Systematic position of the Socorro mockingbird ''Mimodes graysoni''." ''J. Avian Biol.'' 35: 195–198. 〕 The only mockingbird commonly found in North America is the northern mockingbird ''(Mimus polyglottos)''. The Greek word ''polyglottos'' means ''multiple languages''. ==Species in taxonomic order== * 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'' * Hood mockingbird, ''Mimus macdonaldi'' * Galápagos mockingbird, ''Mimus parvulus'' * Floreana mockingbird or Charles Mockingbird, ''Mimus trifasciatus'' * San Cristóbal mockingbird, ''Mimus melanotis'' * Blue mockingbird, ''Melanotis caerulescens'' * Blue-and-white mockingbird, ''Melanotis hypoleucus'' 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Mockingbird」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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