Long-tailed Mockingbird (Mimus longicaudatus)

Family
Mimidae (Mockingbirds And Thrashers)

Size
26 - 29.50 cm

First Described (Guide)
Tschudi, 1844

Habitat
Subtropical and tropical lowland dry shrubland. From sea-level - 2,450 m, occasionally to 2,950 m.

Range (Guide)

Ecuador, Peru.

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.

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (24)...)

Long-tailed Mockingbird (Mimus longicaudatus) [XC265169]
by Leonardo Ord\u00f3\u00f1ez-Delgado from Zapotillo, Loja (5 km N of the town), Ecuador (song)

Long-tailed Mockingbird (Mimus longicaudatus) [XC586809]
by Niels Krabbe from Isla de la Plata, Manab\u00ed, Ecuador (song)

Subspecies
Most closely related to Chilean Mockingbird (Mimus thenca), with which forms a superspecies. Nominate subspecies and albogriseus appear to intergrade in north-western Peru. Subspecies maranonicus doubtfully distinct from nominate.

The following 4 subspecies are recognised:

albogriseus Lesson, R, 1844 - South-western Ecuador (southern from central Manab��).
platensis Chapman, 1924 - I de la Plata, off western Ecuador (south-western Manab��).
longicaudatus Tschudi, 1844 - Western Peru.
maranonicus Carriker, 1933 - La Libertad (upper Mara��n Valley), in north-western Peru.

References
See References.

Files:

JPG files for Long-tailed Mockingbird (Mimus longicaudatus) - 10 files

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