Bahama Mockingbird (Mimus gundlachii)

Other Names (World)
Bahama Mockingbird, Gundlach's Mockingbird

Family
Mimidae (Mockingbirds And Thrashers)

Size
28 cm

First Described (Guide)
Cabanis, 1855

Habitat
Subtropical and tropical lowland dry shrubland.

Range (Guide)

Bahamas, Cayman Islands, Cuba, Jamaica (B), Turks and Caicos Islands, USA.

Population
Estimated population is unknown (2014) and decreasing.

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

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

Bahama Mockingbird (Mimus gundlachii) [XC105958]
by Garrett MacDonald from Cayo Guillermo, Ciego de Avila, Cuba (song, natural song (pair on territory))

Bahama Mockingbird (Mimus gundlachii) [XC331597]
by Paul Driver from Maiden Hair Coppice, North Andros, Bahamas (song)

Subspecies
Possibly an island derivative of Northern Mockingbird (Mimus polyglottos), with which interbreeding reported but probably rare.

The following 2 subspecies are recognised:

gundlachii Cabanis, 1855 - Bahamas, Camag�ey Archipelago (northern coast of Cuba) and Turks and Caicos Is.
hillii March, WT, 1864 - Southern Jamaica.

References
See References.

Files:

JPG files for Bahama Mockingbird (Mimus gundlachii) - 10 files

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