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Mimid
__NOTOC__ The mimids are the New World family of passerine birds, Mimidae, that includes thrashers, mockingbirds, tremblers, and the New World catbirds. As their name ( Latin for "mimic") suggests, these birds are notable for their vocalization, especially some species' remarkable ability to mimic a wide variety of birds and other sounds heard outdoors. Description There are over 30 species of mimids in two larger and some ten small or monotypic genera. They tend toward dull grays and browns in their appearance, though a few are black or blue-gray, and many have red, yellow, or white irises. They range from 20 to 33 centimetres in length, and 36 to 56 grams in weight. Many mimids have a rather thrush-like pattern: brown above, pale with dark streaks or spots below. They tend to have longer tails than thrushes (or the bigger wrens, which they also resemble) and longer bills that in many species curve downward.Clement; Peter; Perrins, Christopher (2003). Mockingbird ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Melanoptila
The black catbird (''Melanoptila glabrirostris'') is a songbird species in the monotypic genus ''Melanoptila'', part of the family Mimidae. At in length and in mass, it is the smallest of the mimids. Sexes appear similar, with glossy black plumage, black legs and bill, and dark brownish eyes. The species is endemic to the Yucatán Peninsula, and is found as far south as Campeche, northern Guatemala and northern Belize. Although there are historical records from Honduras and the US state of Texas, the species is not now known to occur in either location. It is found at low elevations in semi-arid to humid habitats ranging from shrubland and abandoned farmland to woodland with thick understory, and is primarily sedentary. Although it is a mimid, the black catbird is not known to imitate any other species. Its song is a mix of harsh notes and clear flute-like whistles, with the phrases repeated. It builds a cup nest in low bushes or trees, and lays two bluish eggs. It is threat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dumetella
The gray catbird (''Dumetella carolinensis''), also spelled grey catbird, is a medium-sized North American and Central American perching bird of the mimid family. It is the only member of the " catbird" genus ''Dumetella''. Like the black catbird (''Melanoptila glabrirostris''), it is among the basal lineages of the Mimidae, probably a closer relative of the Caribbean thrasher and trembler assemblage than of the mockingbirds and '' Toxostoma'' thrashers. In some areas it is known as the slate-colored mockingbird. Taxonomy The name ''Dumetella'' is based upon the Latin term ''dūmus'' ("thorny thicket"; it thus means approximately "small thornbush-dweller" or "small bird of the thornbushes". It refers to the species' habit of singing when hidden in undergrowth. The specific name ''carolinensis'' is New Latin for "from the Carolinas". The species was first described by Carl Linnaeus in his 1766 edition of ''Systema naturae''. His original name ''Muscicapa carolinensis'' ref ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mockingbird
Mockingbirds are a group of New World passerine birds from the family Mimidae. They are best known for the habit of some species mimicking the songs of other birds and the sounds of insects and amphibians, often loudly and in rapid succession. There are about 17 species in two genera, although three species of mockingbird from the Galapagos Islands were formerly separated into a third genus, '' Nesomimus''. The mockingbirds do not appear to form a monophyletic lineage, as '' Mimus'' and '' Melanotis'' are not each other's closest relatives; instead, '' Melanotis'' appears to be more closely related to the catbirds, while the closest living relatives of '' Mimus'' appear to be thrashers, such as the sage thrasher.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)118 035:MSABOA.0.CO;2Barber, Brian ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Long-billed Thrasher
The long-billed thrasher (''Toxostoma longirostre'') is a medium-sized resident songbird of South Texas and eastern Mexico. It bears a strong resemblance to its close relative the brown thrasher in appearance, calls, and various other behaviors; however, the two species do not overlap in range except in the winter when the brown thrasher will temporarily reside in the northern range of the long-billed. The bird is a large sized mimid that is not especially wary, but it will take precautionary measures to prevent itself from being potential prey. Like other thrashers, it is named after its sweeping methods when searching for food, not for thrashing predators, although they are aggressive defenders of their territories. Taxonomy The specific name ''longirostre'' is derived from the Latin words ''longus'' long and ''rostrum'' bill. There are two subspecies of the long-billed thrasher. ''T. longirostre'' ssp. ''longirostre'' was first described in scientific literature by Fréd ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
New World Catbird
Several unrelated groups of songbirds are called catbirds because of their wailing calls, which resemble a cat's meowing. The genus name ''Ailuroedus'' likewise is from the Greek for "cat-singer" or "cat-voiced". Australasian catbirds are the genera ''Ailuroedus'' and the monotypic ''Scenopooetes''. They belong to the bowerbird family (Ptilonorhynchidae) of the basal songbirds: * Ochre-breasted catbird (''Ailuroedus stonii'') * White-eared catbird (''Ailuroedus buccoides'') * Tan-capped catbird (''Ailuroedus geislerorum'') * Green catbird (''Ailuroedus crassirostris'') * Spotted catbird (''Ailuroedus melanotis'') * Huon catbird (''Ailuroedus astigmaticus'') * Black-eared catbird (''Ailuroedus melanotis'') * Arfak catbird (''Ailuroedus arfakianus'') * Northern catbird (''Ailuroedus jobiensis'') New World catbirds are two monotypic genera from the mimid family (Mimidae) of the passeridan superfamily Muscicapoidea. Among the Mimidae, they represent independent basal lineages prob ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thrasher
Thrashers are a New World group of passerine birds related to mockingbirds and New World catbirds. Like these, they are in the family Mimidae. There are 15 species in one large and 4 monotypic genera. These do not form a clade but are a phenetic assemblage. It is rather likely than not — though by no means robustly supported — that the sage thrasher is a basal lineage among a group also consisting of mockingbirds and '' Toxostoma'' thrashers. The Caribbean thrashers occupy varying positions in an assemblage consisting of them, the tremblers, and the New World catbirds. Here, the white-breasted thrasher appears to be quite basal though it is impossible to place it anywhere with certainty, whereas the pearly-eyed thrasher is probably quite close to the tremblers. (Hunt ''et al.'' 2001, Barber ''et al.'' 2004) Their common name describes the behaviour of these birds when searching for food on the ground: they use their long bills to "thrash" through dirt or dead lea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Trembler
Tremblers are a New World group of passerine birds related to mockingbirds and New World catbirds. Like these, they are in the family Mimidae. There are 2-4 species in one genus, ''Cinclocerthia'', which is endemic to the Lesser Antilles: * Grey trembler (Martinique trembler), ''Cinclocerthia (gutturalis) gutturalis'' ** Saint Lucia trembler, ''Cinclocerthia (gutturalis) macrorhyncha'' * (Southern) brown trembler, ''Cinclocerthia (ruficauda) ruficauda'' ** Northern brown trembler, ''Cinclocerthia (ruficauda) tremula'' Among the living birds, they are apparently most closely related to the pearly-eyed thrasher.Hunt ''et al.'' (2001), Barber ''et al.'' (2004) Their common name comes from their peculiar behavior: if excited, they will show a much more exaggerated version of the wing-flicking also seen in other mimids such as the northern mockingbirds. The tremblers do not just flick their wings, but shake their entire bodies in a trembling motion. Footnotes References * Barb ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cinclocerthia
Tremblers are a New World group of passerine birds related to mockingbirds and New World catbirds. Like these, they are in the family Mimidae. There are 2-4 species in one genus, ''Cinclocerthia'', which is endemic to the Lesser Antilles: * Grey trembler (Martinique trembler), ''Cinclocerthia (gutturalis) gutturalis'' ** Saint Lucia trembler, ''Cinclocerthia (gutturalis) macrorhyncha'' * (Southern) brown trembler, ''Cinclocerthia (ruficauda) ruficauda'' ** Northern brown trembler, ''Cinclocerthia (ruficauda) tremula'' Among the living birds, they are apparently most closely related to the pearly-eyed thrasher.Hunt ''et al.'' (2001), Barber ''et al.'' (2004) Their common name comes from their peculiar behavior: if excited, they will show a much more exaggerated version of the wing-flicking also seen in other mimids such as the northern mockingbirds. The tremblers do not just flick their wings, but shake their entire bodies in a trembling motion. Footnotes References * Barb ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Melanotis
''Melanotis'' is a genus of bird in the family Mimidae. It contains the following species: * Blue mockingbird (''Melanotis caerulescens'') * Blue-and-white mockingbird (''Melanotis hypoleucus'') Etymology The word ''Melanotis'' is derived from the Ancient Greek roots ''melano-/μελανο-'' "black" and ''ot-/ὠτ-'' "ear". Description The two ''Melanotis'' species are the world's most brightly colored mockingbirds. References Mimidae Mockingbirds Bird genera Taxa named by Charles Lucien Bonaparte Taxonomy articles created by Polbot {{Mimidae-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Monotypic
In biology, a monotypic taxon is a taxonomic group (taxon) that contains only one immediately subordinate taxon. A monotypic species is one that does not include subspecies or smaller, infraspecific taxa. In the case of genera, the term "unispecific" or "monospecific" is sometimes preferred. In botanical nomenclature, a monotypic genus is a genus in the special case where a genus and a single species are simultaneously described. In contrast, an oligotypic taxon contains more than one but only a very few subordinate taxa. Examples Just as the term ''monotypic'' is used to describe a taxon including only one subdivision, the contained taxon can also be referred to as monotypic within the higher-level taxon, e.g. a genus monotypic within a family. Some examples of monotypic groups are: Plants * In the order Amborellales, there is only one family, Amborellaceae and there is only one genus, '' Amborella'', and in this genus there is only one species, namely ''Amborella trichopoda.' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brown Trembler
The brown trembler (''Cinclocerthia ruficauda'') is a species of bird in the family Mimidae, the mockingbirds and thrashers. It is found on the islands of Saba, St. Kitts, Nevis, Montserrat, Guadeloupe, Dominica and St. Vincent in the Lesser Antilles of the Caribbean Sea.Sibbald, E. (2020). Brown Trembler (''Cinclocerthia ruficauda''), version 1.0. In Birds of the World (T. S. Schulenberg, Editor). Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Ithaca, NY, USA. https://doi.org/10.2173/bow.brotre1.01 retrieved August 3, 2021 Taxonomy and systematics The taxonomy of genus ''Cinclocerthia'' is not fully resolved. The International Ornithological Committee (IOC) recognizes the brown trembler and the grey trembler (''C. gutturalis''). It divides the brown trembler into four subspecies, the nominate ''C. r. ruficauda'', ''C. r. pavida'', ''C. r. tremula'', and ''C. r. tenebrosa''. However, there is significant phylogenetic evidence that brown tremblers from Guadeloupe northwards may represent a se ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lesser Antilles
The Lesser Antilles ( es, link=no, Antillas Menores; french: link=no, Petites Antilles; pap, Antias Menor; nl, Kleine Antillen) are a group of islands in the Caribbean Sea. Most of them are part of a long, partially volcanic island arc between the Greater Antilles to the north-west and the continent of South America."West Indies." ''Merriam-Webster's Geographical Dictionary'', 3rd ed. 2001. () Springfield, MA: Merriam-Webster Inc., p. 1298. The islands of the Lesser Antilles form the eastern boundary of the Caribbean Sea where it meets the Atlantic Ocean. Together, the Lesser Antilles and the Greater Antilles make up the Antilles. (Somewhat confusingly, the word Caribbean is sometimes used to refer only to the Antilles, and sometimes used to refer to a much larger region.) The Lesser and Greater Antilles, together with the Lucayan Archipelago, are collectively known as the West Indies. History after European arrival The Spanish were the first Europeans to arrive on ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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