Mimidae

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Noun

Mimidae - sometimes considered a subfamily of Troglodytidae: mockingbirds; catbirds; thrashers

family Mimidae

bird family - a family of warm-blooded egg-laying vertebrates characterized by feathers and forelimbs modified as wings

Oscines, Passeres, suborder Oscines, suborder Passeres - two names for the suborder of typical songbirds

genus Mimus, Mimus - type genus of the family Mimidae: mockingbirds

genus Melanotis, Melanotis - a genus of Mimidae

Dumetella, genus Dumetella - catbirds

genus Toxostoma, Toxostoma - thrashers

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Brueelia brunneinucha ha sido registrada en una variedad de aves paseriforme, principalmente de la familia Mimidae Bonaparte, 1853 (Price et al.

Contribucion al conocimiento de los malofagos (Phthiraptera, Amblycera, Ischnocera) de aves peruanas. Parte 1

Entre las aves residentes, las familias Ardeidae, Tyrannidae, Icteridae, Emberizidae y Rallidae tuvieron el mayor numero de representantes, mientras que las familias Cathartidae, Falconidae, Furnariidae, Jacanidae, Mimidae, Picidae, Podicipedidae, Psittacidae, Threskiornithidae y Tytonidae registraron solo un representante.

Biodiversidad en un campus universitario en la sabana de Bogota: inventario de plantas y tetrapodos

Family Number of Fatalities Parulidae 272 Turdidae 38 Emberizidae 38 Vireonidae 23 Regulidae 13 Troglodytidae 6 Cardinalidae 5 Icteridae 5 Mimidae 5 Certhiidae 2 Picidae 2 Tyrannidae 2 Unidentified 2 Cuculidae 1 Sturnidae 1

The effects of tower structure and weather conditions on avian mortality at three television towers in central Illinois

Mimidae Chalk-browed Mockingbird Mimus saturninus (Lichtenstein, 1823) Fam.

Environmental perception and use of fauna from a Private Natural Heritage Reserve (RPPN) in Brazilian semiarid/Percepcao ambiental e usos da fauna de uma Reserva Particular do Patrimonio Natural (RPPN) no semiarido brasileiro

In the Mimidae family, which includes mockingbirds and thrashers, the species with the more elaborate male courtship songs tend to be those living in the more challenging climates, says Carlos Botero of the National Evolutionary Synthesis Center in Durham, N.C.

Better singers could have evolved on harsh side of the climate tracks: bird survey links variable environment and elaborate songs

(14) indicate that members of the families Cardinalidae and Mimidae are good candidates for reservoir competence testing.