Mockingbirds and Thrashers (Mimidae)

Patagonian Mockingbird (Mimus patagonicus) - HBW 10, p. 487

French: Moqueur de Patagonie German: Patagonienspottdrossel Spanish: Sinsonte Patagón

Taxonomy: Or[pheus] patagonicus d’Orbigny and Lafresnaye, 1837, Río Negro, Argentina.
Thought most closely related to, and perhaps forming a superspecies with, M. saturninus. Monotypic.

Distribution: NW, C & S Argentina and S Chile (Aisén, Magallanes) S to Strait of Magellan; casual in Tierra del Fuego.