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Tropical mockingbird, the Glossary

The tropical mockingbird (Mimus gilvus) is a resident breeding bird from southern Mexico to northern and eastern South America and in the Lesser Antilles and other Caribbean islands.^[1]

46 relations: Antigua, Arthropod, Aruba, Beetle, Biological specificity, Bird, Caribbean, Carl Eduard Hellmayr, Charles B. Cory, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cozumel, Critically Endangered, El Salvador, French Guiana, George Newbold Lawrence, Grasshopper, Guyana, Harry C. Oberholser, International Union for Conservation of Nature, Jean Cabanis, Josef Seilern, Journal of Avian Biology, La Blanquilla Island, Lesser Antilles, Lizard, Louis Pierre Vieillot, Mango, Manilkara zapota, Mexico, Nicaragua, Northern mockingbird, Panama, Rio de Janeiro (state), Robert Ridgway, Roraima, San Andrés (island), Socorro mockingbird, Species complex, Spider, Supercilium, Suriname, Termite, Trinidad and Tobago, Venezuela, Yucatán Peninsula.
Birds described in 1808
Birds of the Lesser Antilles
Mimus

Antigua

Antigua, also known as Waladli or Wadadli by the local population, is an island in the Lesser Antilles.

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Arthropod

Arthropods are invertebrates in the phylum Arthropoda.

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Aruba

Aruba, officially the Country of Aruba (Land Aruba; Pais Aruba), is a constituent country within the Kingdom of the Netherlands, situated in the south of the Caribbean Sea.

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Beetle

Beetles are insects that form the order Coleoptera, in the superorder Holometabola.

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Biological specificity

Biological specificity is the tendency of a characteristic such as a behavior or a biochemical variation to occur in a particular species.

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Birds are a group of warm-blooded vertebrates constituting the class Aves, characterised by feathers, toothless beaked jaws, the laying of hard-shelled eggs, a high metabolic rate, a four-chambered heart, and a strong yet lightweight skeleton.

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Caribbean

The Caribbean (el Caribe; les Caraïbes; de Caraïben) is a subregion of the Americas that includes the Caribbean Sea and its islands, some of which are surrounded by the Caribbean Sea and some of which border both the Caribbean Sea and the North Atlantic Ocean; the nearby coastal areas on the mainland are sometimes also included in the region.

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Carl Eduard Hellmayr

Carl Eduard Hellmayr (29 January 1878 – 24 February 1944) was an Austrian ornithologist.

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Charles B. Cory

Charles Barney Cory (January 31, 1857 – July 31, 1921) was an American ornithologist and golfer.

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Colombia

Colombia, officially the Republic of Colombia, is a country primarily located in South America with insular regions in North America.

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Costa Rica

Costa Rica (literally "Rich Coast"), officially the Republic of Costa Rica, is a country in the Central American region of North America.

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Cozumel

Cozumel (Kùutsmil) is an island and municipality in the Caribbean Sea off the eastern coast of Mexico's Yucatán Peninsula, opposite Playa del Carmen.

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Critically Endangered

An IUCN Red List Critically Endangered (CR or sometimes CE) species is one that has been categorized by the International Union for Conservation of Nature as facing an extremely high risk of extinction in the wild.

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El Salvador

El Salvador, officially the Republic of El Salvador, is a country in Central America.

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French Guiana

French Guiana (or; Guyane,; Lagwiyann or Gwiyann) is an overseas department and region of France located on the northern coast of South America in the Guianas and the West Indies.

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George Newbold Lawrence

George Newbold Lawrence (October 20, 1806 – January 17, 1895) was an American businessman and amateur ornithologist.

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Grasshopper

Grasshoppers are a group of insects belonging to the suborder Caelifera.

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Guyana

Guyana, officially the Co-operative Republic of Guyana, is a country on the northern coast of South America, part of the historic mainland British West Indies. Guyana is an indigenous word which means "Land of Many Waters". Georgetown is the capital of Guyana and is also the country's largest city.

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Harry C. Oberholser

Harry Church Oberholser (June 25, 1870 – December 25, 1963) was an American ornithologist.

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International Union for Conservation of Nature

The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) is an international organization working in the field of nature conservation and sustainable use of natural resources.

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Jean Cabanis

Jean Louis Cabanis (8 March 1816 – 20 February 1906) was a German ornithologist.

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Josef Seilern

Josef Graf von Seilern und Aspang (25 November 1883, Lešná Castle – 18 August 1939, Zlín) was an Austrian-Czech ornithologist and oologist.

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Journal of Avian Biology

The Journal of Avian Biology is a bimonthly peer-reviewed scientific journal of ornithology published by Wiley on behalf of the Nordic Society Oikos (NSO) in collaboration with Oikos, Nordic Journal of Botany, Wildlife Biology, Lindbergia and Ecography.

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La Blanquilla Island

Blanquilla is an island, one of the Federal Dependencies of Venezuela, located in the southeastern Caribbean Sea about 293 km (182 miles) northeast of Caracas.

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Lesser Antilles

The Lesser Antilles are a group of islands in the Caribbean Sea.

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Lizard

Lizard is the common name used for all squamate reptiles other than snakes (and to a lesser extent amphisbaenians), encompassing over 7,000 species, ranging across all continents except Antarctica, as well as most oceanic island chains.

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Louis Pierre Vieillot

Louis Pierre Vieillot (10 May 1748, Yvetot – 24 August 1830, Sotteville-lès-Rouen) was a French ornithologist.

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Mango

A mango is an edible stone fruit produced by the tropical tree Mangifera indica.

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Manilkara zapota

Manilkara zapota, commonly known as sapodilla, sapote, chicozapote, chicoo, chicle, naseberry, nispero, or soapapple, among other names, is an evergreen tree native to southern Mexico and Central America.

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Mexico

Mexico, officially the United Mexican States, is a country in the southern portion of North America.

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Nicaragua

Nicaragua, officially the Republic of Nicaragua, is the geographically largest country in Central America, comprising.

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Northern mockingbird

The northern mockingbird (Mimus polyglottos) is a mockingbird commonly found in North America, of the family Mimidae. Tropical mockingbird and northern mockingbird are birds of Central America and Mimus.

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Panama

Panama, officially the Republic of Panama, is a country in Latin America at the southern end of Central America, bordering South America.

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Rio de Janeiro (state)

Rio de Janeiro is one of the 27 federative units of Brazil.

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Robert Ridgway

Robert Ridgway (July 2, 1850 – March 25, 1929) was an American ornithologist specializing in systematics.

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Roraima

Roraima is one of the 26 states of Brazil.

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San Andrés (island)

San Andrés (San Andres) is a coral island in the Caribbean Sea.

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Socorro mockingbird

The Socorro mockingbird (Mimus graysoni) is an endangered mockingbird endemic to Socorro Island in Mexico's Revillagigedo Islands. Tropical mockingbird and Socorro mockingbird are Mimus.

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Species complex

In biology, a species complex is a group of closely related organisms that are so similar in appearance and other features that the boundaries between them are often unclear.

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Spider

Spiders (order Araneae) are air-breathing arthropods that have eight limbs, chelicerae with fangs generally able to inject venom, and spinnerets that extrude silk.

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Supercilium

The supercilium is a plumage feature found on the heads of some bird species.

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Suriname

Suriname, officially the Republic of Suriname (Republiek Suriname), is a country in northern South America, sometimes considered part of the Caribbean and the West Indies.

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Termite

Termites are a group of detritophagous eusocial insects which consume a wide variety of decaying plant material, generally in the form of wood, leaf litter, and soil humus.

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Trinidad and Tobago

Trinidad and Tobago, officially the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago, is the southernmost island country in the Caribbean region of North America.

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Venezuela

Venezuela, officially the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, is a country on the northern coast of South America, consisting of a continental landmass and many islands and islets in the Caribbean Sea.

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Yucatán Peninsula

The Yucatán Peninsula (also,; Península de Yucatán) is a large peninsula in southeast Mexico and adjacent portions of Belize and Guatemala.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tropical_mockingbird

Also known as Mimus gilvus, Mimus magnirostris, San Andres mockingbird.

Tropical mockingbird, the Glossary

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See also

Birds described in 1808

Birds of the Lesser Antilles

Mimus

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