Galapagos Mockingbird (Mimus parvulus)

Other Scientific Names
Nesomimus parvulus [BirdLife International (2004)], Nesomimus transfasciatus [Collar and Andrew (1988)]

Other Names (World)
Galapagos Mockingbird, Black-eared Mockingbird (personatus), Salvador Mockingbird (personatus), Abingdon Mockingbird (personatus), Albemarle Mockingbird (parvulus), Isabela Mockingbird (parvulus)

Family
Mimidae (Mockingbirds And Thrashers)

Size
25 - 26 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Gould, 1837)

Habitat
Arid, coastal scrub, low Bursera woodland, mangroves. From sea-level - 1,500 m.

Range (Guide)

Ecuador.

Rarity Status
Currently this species is not classified as a rarity in this country OR information has not been updated.

Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010).

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Habits
Usually observed running rather than flying.

Food
Small lava lizards, insects, centipedes, carrion, seabird eggs, young finches.

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (25)...)

Galapagos Mockingbird (Mimus parvulus) [XC24268]
by Eric DeFonso from Genovesa, Galapagos, Ecuador (call)

Galapagos Mockingbird (Mimus parvulus) [XC48164]
by Eric DeFonso from Puerto Ayora, Santa Cruz, Galapagos, Ecuador (song)

Nest
Composed of twigs, located low down on cacti or higher up on taller vegetation.

Eggs (Guide)
Usually 4. Incubation: 12 - 13 days.

Subspecies
Genus considered most closely related to, and putatively derived from, mainland Long-tailed Mockingbird (Mimus longicaudatus). Forms a superspecies with Floreana Mockingbird (Mimus trifasciatus), Espanola Mockingbird (Mimus macdonaldi) and San Cristobal Mockingbird (Mimus melanotis) and all previously considered conspecific. Subspecies personatus has sometimes been treated as a separate species. Described subspecies bindloei (from Marchena I) considered indistinguishable from personatus.

The following 6 subspecies are recognised:

hulli (Rothschild, 1898) - Darwin (Culpepper) I.
wenmani (Swarth, 1931) - Wolf (Wenman) I.
personatus (Ridgway, 1890) - Islands of Pinta (Abingdon), Marchena (Bindloe), Santiago (James) and Rabida (Jervis).
bauri (Ridgway, 1894) - Genovesa (Tower) I.
parvulus (Gould, 1837) - Islands of Isabela (Albemarle), Fernandina (Narborough), Daphne, Santa Cruz (Indefatigable) and nearby islets.
barringtoni (Rothschild, 1898) - Santa Fe (Barrington) I.

References
See References.

Files:

JPG files for Galapagos Mockingbird (Mimus parvulus) - 10 files

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