|
|
| |
|
|
Mimus melanotis
|
|
- Lives only on San Cristóbal and Isla Pitt, a small islet adjacent to the east end of San Cristóbal
- Does not maintain territories in all habitats on the island. Absent from some woodland habitats.
- Quite shy in comparison with other mockingbirds in the archipelago
- Nests placed higher in trees than on other islands, possibly in reponse to predation threat from black rats and cats
- Not known to breed cooperatively (possible, but definitive evidence of helpers-at-the-nest is lacking). Territories occupied by simple pairs, sometimes accompanied by at most one additional adult; extra birds disperse readily into unoccupied habitat (Curry 1989).
|
|
|