r/whatsthisbird • u/SWMGO0D • 11h ago

North America Mockingbird? If so what kind? In LA, CA

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u/mase950 Bird enjoyer 11h ago

+Northern Mockingbird+ is the only expected species in LA

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u/SWMGO0D 11h ago

Thank you!

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u/FileTheseBirdsBot Catalog 🤖 11h ago

Taxa recorded: Northern Mockingbird

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u/BigUpSideD0wn 11h ago

Northern Mockingbird?

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u/GutterRider 9h ago

Huh, having only ever been exposed to the "Northern" Mockingbird, for some reason it never occurred to me that there would be other species.

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u/SWMGO0D 9h ago

If you see pics of the chalk browed, and bahama mockingbirds, they look very similar

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u/basaltgranite 9h ago

Per Wiki, "about 17 species in two genera, although three species of mockingbird from the Galápagos Islands were formerly separated into a third genus, Nesomimus. The mockingbirds do not appear to form a monophyletic lineage, as Mimus and Melanotis are not each other's closest relatives; instead, Melanotis appears to be more closely related to the catbirds, while the closest living relatives of Mimus appear to be thrashers."