Northern Mockingbird | M. polyglottos | North America; México; Caribbean from Bahamas east to Virgin Islands |
Tropical Mockingbird | M. gilvus |
northern South America; Central America from Panamá to Isthmus of Tehuántepec, México Caribbean from Trinidad north and west to Virgin Islands |
Large-billed (St. Andrew) Mockingbird | M. magnirostris | Isla San Andres, Colombia Considered to be a well differentiated subspecies of M. gilvus by AOU (1998) |
M. polyglottos, M. gilvus, and M. magnirostris appear to represent sibling species |
Socorro Mockingbird | M. graysoni | Endemic to Isla Socorro, Revillagigedos Archipelago, México. Placed formerly in monotypic genus Mimodes but recently shown to be closely related to preceding two species, within Mimus (Barber et al. 2004). |
Bahama Mockingbird | M. gundlachii | Bahamas Bank; islands along Cuba's north shore; southern Jamaica |
Bahama Mockingbird, M. gundlachii gundlachii, San Salvador Island, Bahamas | | Socorro Mockingbird, M. graysoni |
Brown-backed Mockingbird | M. dorsalis | east-central South America |
White-banded Mockingbird | M. triurus | east-central South America |
M. dorsalis and M. triurus appear to represent sibling species |
Chalk-browed Mockingbird | M. saturninus | southeastern South America |
Patagonian Mockingbird | M. patagonicus | Patagonia |
M. saturninus and M. patagonicus have been thought to represent sibling species, but this conclusion is not supported by recent phylogenetic analysis (Arbogast et al. 2006). M. saturninus now appears to be sister to M. triurus. |
Chilean Mockingbird | M. thenca | Chile |
Long-tailed Mockingbird |
M. longicaudatus | western Ecuador, including Isla de la Plata; northern and central Perú west of Andes |
Subspecies
- M. l. longicaudatus ~ Perú
- M. l. albogriseus ~ Mainland Ecuador
- M. l. platensis ~ Isla de la Plata, Ecuador (endemic; largest bill)
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M. thenca and M. longicaudatus have been thought to represent sibling species, but this conclusion is not supported by recent phylogenetic analysis (Arbogast et al. 2006). M. thenca now appears to be sister to M. patagonicus. |