Mockingbirds and Thrashers (Mimidae)

Espanola Mockingbird (Nesomimus macdonaldi) - HBW 10, p. 488

French: Moqueur d’Espanola German: Españolaspottdrossel Spanish: Sinsonte de Española
Other common names: Hood (Island) Mockingbird

Taxonomy: Nesomimus macdonaldi Ridgway, 1890, Española Island (formerly Hood Island), Galapagos Archipelago.
Genus considered most closely related to, and putatively derived from, mainland Mimus longicaudatus. Forms a superspecies with N. trifasciatus, N. melanotis and N. parvulus; all previously considered conspecific. Monotypic.

Distribution: Española and adjacent Gardner-near-Española, in SE Galapagos Is.