Mimidae

*Mimus polyglottos*, Brooklyn, New York, USA

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Muscicapoidea
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Classis: Reptilia Cladus: Eureptilia Cladus: Romeriida Subclassis: Diapsida Cladus: Sauria Infraclassis: Archosauromorpha Cladus: Crurotarsi Cladus: Archosauria Cladus: Avemetatarsalia Cladus: Ornithodira Cladus: Dinosauromorpha Cladus: Dinosauriformes Cladus: Dracohors Cladus: Dinosauria Cladus: Saurischia Cladus: Eusaurischia Subordo: Theropoda Cladus: Neotheropoda Cladus: Averostra Cladus: Tetanurae Cladus: Avetheropoda Cladus: Coelurosauria Cladus: Tyrannoraptora Cladus: Maniraptoromorpha Cladus: Maniraptoriformes Cladus: Maniraptora Cladus: Pennaraptora Cladus: Paraves Cladus: Eumaniraptora Cladus: Avialae Classis/Infraclassis: Aves Cladus: Avebrevicauda Cladus: Pygostylia Cladus: Ornithothoraces Cladus: Ornithuromorpha Cladus: Carinatae Subclassis/Parvclassis: Neornithes Infraclassis/Cohors: Neognathae Cladus: Neoaves Cladus: Telluraves Cladus: Australaves Ordo: Passeriformes Subordo: Passeri Infraordo: Passerida Superfamilia: Muscicapoidea

Familia: Mimidae
Genera: Allenia – Cinclocerthia – Dumetella – Margarops – Melanoptila – Melanotis – Mimodes – Mimus – Oreoscoptes – Ramphocinclus – Toxostoma

Name

Mimidae Bonaparte, 1853

Synonymy

Mimini

References

LeCroy, M. (2003). Type specimens of birds in the American Museum of Natural History. Part 5. Passeriformes: Alaudidae–Mimidae. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 278: 1–156.
Lovette, I. J., & Rubenstein, D. R. (2007). A comprehensive molecular phylogeny of the starlings (Aves: Sturnidae) and mockingbirds (Aves: Mimidae): Congruent mtDNA and nuclear trees for a cosmopolitan avian radiation. Mol. Phyl. Evol. 44: 1031-1056.

Vernacular names

العربية: المُحاكِيات
Deutsch: Spottdrosseln
English: Mockingbirds and thrashers
日本語: マネシツグミ科
Nederlands: Spotlijsters
Türkçe: Alaycı kuşugiller
中文: 嘲鸫科

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