Nesomimus
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Nesomimus
Hood Mockingbird
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Aves Order: Passeriformes Family: Mimidae Genus: Nesomimus Ridgway 1890

Nesomimus is a bird genus in the family Mimidae (mockingbirds, catbirds and thrashers). The genus is endemic to the Galápagos Islands. The species were important in Charles Darwin's development of the theory of evolution by natural selection.

It contains the following species:

• Hood Mockingbird, Nesomimus macdonaldi)
• Galápagos Mockingbird, Nesomimus parvulus)
• Floreana Mockingbird or Charles Mockingbird, Nesomimus trifasciatus)
• San Cristobal Mockingbird, Nesomimus melanotis)

External links

• Darwin's Mockingbirds; a site run by Professor Robert L. Curry of Villanova University on the genus.

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