Order Passeriformes Higher classification Mimus | Phylum Chordata Scientific name Mimus melanotis Rank Species | |
Similar Bird, Floreana Mockingbird, Hood mockingbird, Galápagos mockingbird, Mimus | ||
Gal pagos 2012 san crist bal mockingbird
The San Cristóbal mockingbird or Chatham mockingbird (Mimus melanotis) is a species of bird in the Mimidae family. It is endemic to San Cristóbal Island in the Galápagos Islands of Ecuador.
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Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forests, subtropical or tropical mangrove forests, subtropical or tropical dry shrubland, and subtropical or tropical moist shrubland.
Behavior
Although this species does not have white wing patches, it does a "wing flash" movement similar to that done by Mimus mockingbirds that do have such patches. It runs a short distance, briefly opens its wings to two-thirds of full extension, then extends them fully to a position just above horizontal.
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San Cristóbal mockingbird Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA