The members of family Mimidae are mimics. The best known and prolific mimic is the mockingbird.


Genus Melanotis

Mockingbird, Blue  Melanotis caerulescens  Endemic to Mexico
Photographed by: Jerry Oldennettle north of Oaxaca, Mexico



Genus Mimus

Mockingbird, Chalk-browed  Mimus saturninus  Found: South America
Photographed by: 1) Dario Niz  2 Dario Sanches - Brasil   3) Cláudio Timm - Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil


Mockingbird, Chilean  Mimus thenca  Found: Chile
Photograhed by: Alastair Rae


Mockingbird, Long-tailed  Mimus longicaudatus  Found: South America
Photographed by: 1) David Cook  - Arbol Millenary Reserve, via Chiclayo, Peru 


Mockingbird, Northern Mimus polyglottos   Found: North America
Photographed by: 1, 2 ,3 , 4, 5, 6) Dick Daniels - North Carolina  7) Dick - York, Maine 8)  Dick - Jamaica

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Mockingbird, Patagonian  Mimus patagonicus  Found: South America
Photographed by: 1) Nestor Galina


Mockingbird, Tropical  Mimus gilvus  Found: Central and South America
Photographed by:  1, 2) New Jersy Birds 3)  Tom Friedel


Mockingbird, White-banded  Mimus triurus  Found: South America
Photographed by: 1) Arthur Chapman - Valdez Peninsula, Argentina  2) Cláudio Timm in Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil

There are 4 distinct speices at the Galapaos Islands. Charles Darwin used these species, plus Finches, to help establish his theory of eveolution. They used to be assigned their own species Nesominus, but are now listed in Mimus.

Mockingbird, Galápagos Mimus parvulus  Found: The Galapagos Islands
Photographed by:  1, 2, 3) Dick Daniels - Galapagos Islands 4) Mark Putney


Mockingbird, Hood  Mimus macdonaldi   Found: Espanola Island, Galapagos
Photographed by James Preston


Mockingbird, San Cristobal  Mimus melanotis Found: San Cristobal, Galapagos
Drawn by: John Gould in "The zoology of the voyage of H.M.S. Beagle"

Genus Allenia - 1 species

Thrasher, Scaly-breasted  Allenia fusca  Found: Caribbean Lesser Antilles
Photographed by: Postdlf



Genus Margarops - 1 species

Thrasher, Pearly-eyed  Margarops fuscatus    Found: Puerto Rico, Virgin Islands, and neighborhood
Photographed by:  1, 2, 3) Dick Daniels in Puerto Rico   4, 5, 6, 7) Dick on St John island, Virgin Islands




Genus Oreoscoptes - 1 species

Thrasher, Sage  Oreoscoptes montanus  Found: North America
Photographed by: 1) Alan D Wilson - Bosque del Apache National Wildlife Refuge, Near San Antonio, New Mexico



Genus Toxostoma

Thrasher, Bendire's  Toxostoma bendirei  Found: southwest North America and northern Mexico
Photographed by Charlie Westerinen - the Sampley airport near Aguila, Arizona


Thrasher, Brown Toxostoma rufum   Found: North America
Photographed by: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7) Dick Daniels in North Carolina  


Thrasher, California   Toxostoma redivivum   Found: California
Photographed by:  1) Alan Vernon  2) Kevin Cole - Shell Beach, California  3) Dick Daniels - Half Moon  Bay, California
    4) Len Blumin in San Benito County, California


Thrasher, Crissal  Toxostoma crissale  Found: Southwest North America
Photographed by: John J. Mosesso


Thrasher, Curve-billed Toxostoma curvirostre   Found: North America
Photograph by: 1) Alan D Wilson - Bosque del Apache National Wildlife Refuge, near San Antonio, New Mexico
   2) Charlie Westerinen - Sampley, Arizona


Thrasher, Le Conte's  Toxostoma lecontei  Found: southwest North America
Drawn / Photographed by:  1) Spencer F. Baird  2) Dominic Sherony

Thrasher, Long-billed  Toxostoma longirostre  Found: Texas, Mexico
Drawn / Photographed by: 1) Spencer F. Baird  2)  Alan Wilson 3) Jerry Oldenettel



Genus Dumetella - 1 species

Catbird, Gray Dumetella carolinensis   Found: North America, Central America
Photographed by: 1) John Benson - Madison, Wisconsin 2) Peter_Massas - Brendan T. Byrne State Forest, New Jersey
    3) Dick Daniels - New Hampshire