Mockingbirds and Thrashers (Mimidae)

Chalk-browed Mockingbird (Mimus saturninus) - HBW 10, p. 487

French: Moqueur plombé German: Camposspottdrossel Spanish: Sinsonte Calandria

Taxonomy: Turdus saturninus M. H. K. Lichtenstein, 1823, Pará, Brazil.
Thought most closely related to, and perhaps forming a superspecies with, M. patagonicus. Four subspecies recognized.

Subspecies and Distribution:

  • saturninus (M. H. K. Lichtenstein, 1823) - S Suriname and N Brazil (lower Amazon in Pará).
  • frater Hellmayr, 1903 - C & E Bolivia and C Brazil (E to Ceará, W Bahia and Rio de Janeiro, S to Mato Grosso and Santa Catarina).
  • arenaceus Chapman, 1890 - NE Brazil (Paraíba S to E Bahia).
  • modulator (Gould, 1836) - SE Bolivia and Paraguay S to C Argentina, extreme SE Brazil (Rio Grande do Sul) and Uruguay.