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Nesomimus
''Mimus'' is a bird genus in the family Mimidae. It contains the typical mockingbirds. In 2007, the genus ''Nesomimus'' was merged into ''Mimus'' by the American Ornithologists' Union. The genus name is Latin for "mimic". The following species are placed here: * 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'' The ''Nesomimus'' group includes the following species endemic to the Galápagos Islands: * Hood mockingbird, ''Mimus macdonaldi'' * Galápagos mockingbird, ''Mimus parvulus'' * Floreana mockingbird or Charles mockingbird, ''Mimus trifasciatus'' * San Cristóbal mockingbird, ''M ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mimus
''Mimus'' is a bird genus in the family Mimidae. It contains the typical mockingbirds. In 2007, the genus ''Nesomimus'' was merged into ''Mimus'' by the American Ornithologists' Union. The genus name is Latin for "mimic". The following species are placed here: * 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'' The ''Nesomimus'' group includes the following species endemic to the Galápagos Islands: * Hood mockingbird, ''Mimus macdonaldi'' * Galápagos mockingbird, ''Mimus parvulus'' * Floreana mockingbird or Charles mockingbird, ''Mimus trifasciatus'' * San Cristóbal mockingbird, '' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Galápagos Mockingbird
The Galápagos mockingbird (''Mimus parvulus'') is a species of bird in the family Mimidae. It is endemic to the Galápagos Islands, Ecuador. Systematics The Galápagos mockingbird is one of four mockingbird species endemic to the Galápagos Islands. These four are all closely related, and DNA evidence shows they likely all descended from an ancestor species which reached the islands in a single colonization event. When John Gould first described the species in 1837, based on specimens brought back from the islands by Charles Darwin, he named it ''Orpheus parvulus''. However, because of the rules of binomial nomenclature, ''Orpheus'' was declared a junior synonym, and in 1841, George Robert Gray moved all of the ''Orpheus'' mockingbirds to the older genus ''Mimus''. In 1890, Robert Ridgway created the genus ''Nesomimus'' for the mockingbirds found on the Galápagos Islands, and most taxonomists adopted the change. Recent DNA studies, however, show that the ''Nesomimus'' mockingbi ... [...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 R.; Ma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
San Cristóbal Mockingbird
The San Cristóbal mockingbird (''Mimus melanotis'') or Chatham mockingbird, is a species of bird in the family Mimidae. It is endemic to San Cristóbal Island in the Galápagos Islands.Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, S. M. Billerman, T. A. Fredericks, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2019. The eBird/Clements Checklist of Birds of the World: v2019. Downloaded from https://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/ Retrieved August 15, 2019 Taxonomy and systematics The San Cristóbal mockingbird, Galápagos mockingbird (''Mimus parvulus''), Espanola mockingbird (''M. macdonaldi''), and Floreana mockingbird (''M. trifasciatus'') were previously placed in genus ''Nesomimus'' and were considered conspecific. They now form a superspecies. The San Cristóbal mockingbird is monotypic.Remsen, J. V., Jr., J. I. Areta, E. Bonaccorso, S. Claramunt, A. Jaramillo, D. F. Lane, J. F. Pacheco, M. B. Robbins, F. G. Stiles, and K. J. Zimmer. Version 23 May 2021. A classi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Floreana Mockingbird
The Floreana mockingbird (''Mimus trifasciatus'') or the Charles Island mockingbird, is a species of bird in the family Mimidae. It was endemic to Floreana, one of the Galápagos Islands, but now is found only on two nearby islets, Campeón and Gardner-near-Floreana.Cody, M. L. and C. J. Sharpe (2020). Floreana Mockingbird (''Mimus trifasciatus''), version 1.0. In Birds of the World (J. del Hoyo, A. Elliott, J. Sargatal, D. A. Christie, and E. de Juana, Editors). Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Ithaca, NY, USA. https://doi.org/10.2173/bow.chamoc1.01 retrieved July 24, 2021Remsen, J. V., Jr., J. I. Areta, E. Bonaccorso, S. Claramunt, A. Jaramillo, D. F. Lane, J. F. Pacheco, M. B. Robbins, F. G. Stiles, and K. J. Zimmer. Version 23 May 2021. A classification of the bird species of South America. American Ornithological Society. https://www.museum.lsu.edu/~Remsen/SACCBaseline.htm retrieved May 24, 2021 The Floreana mockingbird is also known as Darwin's mockingbird, as it was the arguab ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hood Mockingbird
The Hood mockingbird (''Mimus macdonaldi''), also known as the Española mockingbird, is a species of bird in the family Mimidae. It is endemic to Española Island in the Galápagos Islands, Ecuador, and it is one of four closely related mockingbird species endemic to the Galápagos archipelago. It is found in dry forests and is omnivorous, though it primarily is a carnivore or scavenger. The species has a highly territorial social structure and has no fear of humans. It is the only species of Galápagos mockingbird that Charles Darwin did not see or collect on the voyage of the Beagle.Grant, K. Thalia and Estes, Gregory B. (2009). "Darwin in Galapagos: Footsteps to a New World" Princeton University Press, Princetononline Description Similar to the other species of Galápagos mockingbirds, this species has a mottled gray and brown plumage with a white underbelly. A long tail and legs give the bird its distinctive appearance. The species has a long, thin beak, useful for tapping ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Galápagos Islands
The Galápagos Islands (Spanish: , , ) are an archipelago of volcanic islands. They are distributed on each side of the equator in the Pacific Ocean, surrounding the centre of the Western Hemisphere, and are part of the Republic of Ecuador. Located west of continental Ecuador, the islands are known for their large number of endemic species that were studied by Charles Darwin during the second voyage of HMS ''Beagle''. His observations and collections contributed to the inception of Darwin's theory of evolution by means of natural selection. The Galápagos Islands and their surrounding waters form the Galápagos Province of Ecuador, the Galápagos National Park, and the Galápagos Marine Reserve. The principal language on the islands is Spanish. The islands have a population of slightly over 25,000. The first recorded visit to the islands happened by chance in 1535, when Fray Tomás de Berlanga, the Bishop of Panamá, was surprised to find this undiscovered land on a vo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tropical Mockingbird
The tropical mockingbird (''Mimus gilvus'') is a resident breeding bird from southern Mexico to northern and eastern South America and in the Lesser Antilles and other Caribbean islands. Taxonomy and systematics The tropical mockingbird has sometimes been considered conspecific with its closest living relative, the northern mockingbird (''Milvus polyglottos''), and forms a superspecies with it. The critically endangered Socorro mockingbird (''M. graysoni'') is also much closer to these two than previously believed. The tropical mockingbird has these ten subspecies: *''M. g. gracilis'' Cabinis (1851) *''M. g. leucophaeus'' Ridgway (1888) *''M. g. antillarum'' Hellmayr & Seilern (1915) *''M. g. tobagensis'' Dalmas (1900) *''M. g. rostratus'' Cabinis (1851) *''M. g. melanopterus'' Lawrence (1849) *''M. g. gilvus'' Vieillot (1808) *''M. g. tolimensis'' Ridgway (1904) *''M. g. antelius'' Oberholser (1919) *''M. g. magnirostris'' Cory (1887) ''M. g. antelius'' and ''M. g. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Villanova University
Villanova University is a Private university, private Catholic church, Roman Catholic research university in Villanova, Pennsylvania. It was founded by the Order of Saint Augustine, Augustinians in 1842 and named after Thomas of Villanova, Saint Thomas of Villanova. The university is the oldest Catholic higher education, Catholic university in Pennsylvania and one of two Order of Saint Augustine, Augustinian institutions in the United States (The other being Merrimack College). It is Carnegie Classification of Institutions of Higher Education, classified among "R2: Doctoral Universities – High research activity". The university traces its roots to the St. Augustine Church, Philadelphia, old Saint Augustine's Church, Philadelphia, which the Augustinian friars of the Province of Saint Thomas of Villanova founded in 1796, and to its parish school, Saint Augustine's Academy, which was established in 1811. The school's identity remains deeply rooted in its Augustinian Catholic fo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Commonly Used Taxonomic Affixes
This is a list of common affixes used when scientifically naming species, particularly extinct species for whom only their scientific names are used, along with their derivations. *a-, an-: ''Pronunciation'': /ə/, /a/, /ən/, /an/. ''Origin'': grc, ἀ-, ἀν- (''a, an-''). ''Meaning'': a prefix used to make words with a sense opposite to that of the root word; in this case, meaning "without" or "-less". This is usually used to describe organisms without a certain characteristic, as well as organisms in which that characteristic may not be immediately obvious. *:Examples: ''Anurognathus'' ("tail-less jaw"); ''Apus'' ("without foot"); '' Apteryx'' ("wingless"); ''Pteranodon'' ("toothless wing") *-acanth, acantho-, -cantho: ''Pronunciation'': /eɪkænθ/, /eɪkænθoʊ/. ''Origin'': grc, ἄκανθα (''ákantha''). ''Meaning'': spine. *:Examples: ''Acanthodes'' ("spiny base"); ''Acanthostega'' ("spine roof"); coelacanth ("hollow spine"); ''Acrocanthosaurus'' ("high-spined li ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Living Bird
''Living Bird'' is a quarterly magazine published by the Cornell Lab of Ornithology. Editorial director Gustave Axelson leads the team of writers, editors, and designers that produce the magazine. Printed editions of ''Living Bird'' are distributed to members of the Cornell Lab of Ornithology. The photographs and artwork on the front and back covers as well as accompanying articles have been described as "stunning" and "beautiful". The magazine includes editorials and in-depth journalism on birds and bird conservation. From 2008 onward, issues of the magazine are alsavailable online From 1962 through 1981, the magazine was published annually (with volume 19 being a multi-year edition covering 1980 and 1981). Since 1982, ''Living Bird'' has been published quarterly. The magazine contains articles on birds, birding, science, conservation, people, art, photography, travel, and reviews of birding gear and books. See also * List of ornithology journals References External lin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Natural Selection
Natural selection is the differential survival and reproduction of individuals due to differences in phenotype. It is a key mechanism of evolution, the change in the heritable traits characteristic of a population over generations. Charles Darwin popularised the term "natural selection", contrasting it with selective breeding, artificial selection, which in his view is intentional, whereas natural selection is not. Genetic diversity, Variation exists within all populations of organisms. This occurs partly because random mutations arise in the genome of an individual organism, and their offspring can inherit such mutations. Throughout the lives of the individuals, their genomes interact with their environments to cause variations in traits. The environment of a genome includes the molecular biology in the Cell (biology), cell, other cells, other individuals, populations, species, as well as the abiotic environment. Because individuals with certain variants of the trait tend ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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