Mockingbirds and Thrashers (Mimidae)

Galapagos Mockingbird (Nesomimus parvulus) - HBW 10, p. 489

French: Moqueur des Galapagos German: Galapagosspottdrossel Spanish: Sinsonte de Galápagos
Other common names: Black-eared/Salvador/Abingdon Mockingbird (personatus); Isabela/Albemarle Mockingbird (parvulus)

Taxonomy: Orpheus parvulus Gould, 1837, Isabela Island (formerly Albemarle Island), Galapagos Archipelago.
Genus considered most closely related to, and putatively derived from, mainland Mimus longicaudatus. Forms a superspecies with N. trifasciatus, N. macdonaldi and N. melanotis; all previously considered conspecific. Race personatus has sometimes been treated as a separate species; described race bindloei (from Marchena I) considered indistinguishable from aforementioned. Six subspecies recognized.

Subspecies and Distribution:

hulli Rothschild, 1898 - Darwin (Culpepper) I.
wenmani Swarth, 1931 - Wolf (Wenman) I.
personatus Ridgway, 1890 - islands of Pinta (Abingdon), Marchena (Bindloe), Santiago (James) and Rabida (Jervis).

See all 6 subspecies

hulli Rothschild, 1898 - Darwin (Culpepper) I.
wenmani Swarth, 1931 - Wolf (Wenman) I.
personatus Ridgway, 1890 - islands of Pinta (Abingdon), Marchena (Bindloe), Santiago (James) and Rabida (Jervis).
bauri Ridgway, 1894 - Genovesa (Tower) I.
parvulus (Gould, 1837) - islands of Isabela (Albemarle), Fernandina (Narborough), Daphne, Santa Cruz (Indefatigable) and nearby islets.
barringtoni Rothschild, 1898 - Santa Fe (Barrington) I.