Chalk-browed Mockingbird (Mimus saturninus)

Family
Mimidae (Mockingbirds And Thrashers)

Size
23.50 - 26 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Lichtenstein, 1823)

Habitat
Subtropical and tropical lowland dry shrubland, high altitude shrubland. From sea-level - 2,500 m.

Range (Guide)

Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Paraguay, Suriname, Uruguay (B).

Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010).

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (56)...)

Chalk-browed Mockingbird (Mimus saturninus) [XC294754]
by Douglas Meyer from Doutor Pedrinho, Doutor Pedrinho, Santa Catarina, Brazil (song)

Chalk-browed Mockingbird (Mimus saturninus) [XC706288]
by JAYRSON ARAUJO DE OLIVEIRA from Barba Azul Nature Reserve, Beni, Bolivia (call)

Subspecies
Thought most closely related to, and perhaps forming a superspecies with, Patagonian Mockingbird (Mimus patagonicus).

The following 4 subspecies are recognised:

saturninus (Lichtenstein, 1823) - Southern Suriname and northern Brazil (lower Amazon in Par�).
frater Hellmayr, 1903 - Central and eastern Bolivia and central Brazil (east to Cear�, western Bahia and Rio de Janeiro, south to Mato Grosso and Santa Catarina).
arenaceus Chapman, 1890 - North-eastern Brazil (Para��ba south to eastern Bahia).
modulator (Gould, 1836) - South-eastern Bolivia and Paraguay south to central Argentina, extreme south-eastern Brazil (Rio Grande do Sul) and Uruguay.

References
See References.

Files:

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