Bahama mockingbird

The Bahama mockingbird (Mimus gundlachii) is a species of bird in the family Mimidae. It is found in the Bahamas, Cuba, Jamaica and the Turks and Caicos Islands, and is a vagrant to Florida.[2] Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forest, subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest, subtropical or tropical dry shrubland, and heavily degraded former forest.

Bahama mockingbird
In Ciego de Avila Province, Cuba
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Mimidae
Genus: Mimus
Species:
M. gundlachii
Binomial name
Mimus gundlachii
Cabanis, 1855

References

  1. BirdLife International (2012). "Mimus gundlachii". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2012. Retrieved 26 November 2013.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
  2. | "Bahamas Mockingbird" Audubon Field Guide to Birds


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