Mockingbirds and Thrashers (Mimidae)
Bahama Mockingbird (Mimus gundlachii) - HBW 10, p. 486
French: Moqueur des Bahamas
German: Gundlachspottdrossel
Spanish: Sinsonte de Bahamas
Other common names: Gundlach’s Mockingbird
Taxonomy: Mimus Gundlachii Cabanis, 1855, Cuba.
Possibly an island derivative of M. polyglottos, with which interbreeding reported but probably rare. Two subspecies recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- gundlachii Cabanis, 1855 - Bahamas, Camagüey Archipelago (N coast of Cuba) and Turks and Caicos Is.
- hillii March, 1863 - S Jamaica.
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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Adult in bush
Locality Cayo Coco, Ciego de Avila Province, Cuba (ssp gundlachii)
Photo-ay 5 January 2009 2 years ago 4.5 -
Adult perched in vegetation
Locality Bahamas (ssp grundlachii)
Mikko Pyhälä 30 January 2010 2 years ago 3
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