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San Cristóbal Mockingbird

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).