Espanola Mockingbird

Mimus macdonaldi (Ridgway, 1890)

Mimidae — Mockingbirds, Thrashers

Espanola Mockingbird, Mimus macdonaldi, is a bird of Española and Gardner de Española in the Galápagos, where it lives in dry forest and dry scrub. It is one of the Galápagos mockingbirds and is confined to this small island group. Its plumage is mottled grey and brown with a white underbelly, and it has a long tail, long legs and a long, thin bill. That bill is the largest among the Galápagos mockingbirds and is used to reach seabird eggs.

Order
Passeriformes
Family
Mimidae — Mockingbirds, Thrashers
Breeding range
South America: Española and Gardner de Española is. (se Galápagos)
Espanola Mockingbird
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