Main Page | See live article | Alphabetical index Mockingbirds Northern Mockingbird Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Aves Order: Passeriformes Family: Mimidae Genera Melanotis Mimodes Mimus Nesomimus Mockingbirds are a group of New World passerine birds best known for habit of mimicking the songs of other birds, often loudly in rapid succession. Most species are tropical; the Northern Mockingbird is the species familiar throughout the United States and Canada. It is the state bird for several states of the USA. An image There are 17 species in four genera. Genus Melanotis Blue Mockingbird Melanotis caerulescens Blue-and-white Mockingbird Melanotis hypoleucus\ Genus Mimodes Socorro Mockingbird Mimodes graysoni Genus Mimus Brown-backed Mockingbird Mimus dorsalis Tropical Mockingbird Mimus gilvus Bahama Mockingbird Mimus gundlachii Long-tailed Mockingbird Mimus longicaudatus Large-billed Mockingbird Mimus magnirostris Patagonian Mockingbird Mimus patagonicus Northern Mockingbird Mimus polyglottis Chalk-browed Mockingbird Mimus saturninus Chilean Mockingbird Mimus thenca White-banded Mockingbird Mimus triuris Genus Nesomimus (Galápagos Islands) Española Mockingbird Nesomimus mcdonaldi San Cristóbal Mockingbird Nesomimus melanotis Galápagos Mockingbird Nesomimus parvulus Floreana Mockingbird Nesomimus trifasciatus (extremely rare) The Mockingbird is celebrated in a song of that name, by Barclay James Harvest. See also: Article connecting Galapagos mockingbird species with mainland relatives Mimid This article is from Wikipedia. All text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License.