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Mockingbird
	Northern Mockingbird; Mimus polyglottos
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Passeriformes
Family:	Mimidae
Genera
	Melanotis ; Mimus ; Nesomimus

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Mockingbirds are a group of New World passerine birds from the Mimidae family. They are best known for the habit of some species mimicking the songs of other birds, often loudly and in rapid succession. Mockingbirds also have a reputation of being fierce defenders of asdfouiasdoupiasduopisadfopuifdsao;jifdsa17 species in three genera. These do not appear to form a monophyletic lineage: Mimus and Nesomimus are quite closely related; their closest living relatives appear to be some thrashers, such as the Sage Thrasher. Melanotis is more distinct; it seems to represent a very ancient basal lineage of Mimidae.(Hunt et al. 2001, Barber et al. 2004)

Mockingbirds represent the destruction of innocence in a novel by award-winner Harper Lee.

A Northern mockingbird in St. Petersburg, FL at rest.

References

Barber, Brian R.; Martínez-Gómez, Juan E. & Peterson, A. Townsend (2004): Systematic position of the Socorro mockingbird Mimodes graysoni. J. Avian Biol. 35: 195-198. doi:10.1111/j.0908-8857.2004.03233.x (HTML abstract)

Hunt, Jeffrey S.; Bermingham, Eldredge; & Ricklefs, Robert E. (2001): Molecular systematics and biogeography of Antillean thrashers, tremblers, and mockingbirds (Aves: Mimidae). Auk 118(1): 35–55. DOI:10.1642/0004-8038(2001)118[0035:MSABOA]2.0.CO;2 HTML fulltext without images

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-'''Mockingbirds''' are a group of [[New World]] [[passerine]] [[bird]]s from the [[Mimid]]ae [[family (biology)|family]]. They are best known for the habit of some species mimicking the songs of     other birds, often loudly and in rapid succession. Mockingbirds also have a reputation of being fierce defenders of their nests. Both male and female mockingbirds will attack or feign diving attacks on both domestic and wild felines, canines, crows and other birds, even hawks, as well as humans who venture too close to their nest. They will even cooperate in groups to do so at times. Other defensive tactics involve aggressive vocalizations and adults acting wounded on the ground as a lure to draw predators away from the nest site.
+'''Mockingbirds''' are a group of [[New World]] [[passerine]] [[bird]]s from the [[Mimid]]ae [[family (biology)|family]]. They are best known for the habit of some species mimicking the songs of     other birds, often loudly and in rapid succession. Mockingbirds also have a reputation of being fierce defenders of asdfouiasdoupiasduopisadfopuifdsao;jifdsa17 [[species]] in three [[genus|genera]]. These do not appear to form a [[monophyletic]] lineage: ''[[Mimus]]'' and ''[[Nesomimus]]'' are quite closely related; their closest living relatives appear to be some [[thrasher]]s, such as the [[Sage Thrasher]]. ''[[Melanotis]]'' is more distinct; it seems to represent a very ancient [[Basal (phylogenetics)|basal]] lineage of Mimidae.(Hunt ''et al.'' 2001, Barber ''et al.'' 2004)
-Most species are [[tropical]], but the [[Northern Mockingbird]] breeds throughout the [[United States]] and [[Canada]], including the northern [[Caribbean]] area.  There are about 17 [[species]] in three [[genus|genera]]. These do not appear to form a [[monophyletic]] lineage: ''[[Mimus]]'' and ''[[Nesomimus]]'' are quite closely related; their closest living relatives appear to be some [[thrasher]]s, such as the [[Sage Thrasher]]. ''[[Melanotis]]'' is more distinct; it seems to represent a very ancient [[Basal (phylogenetics)|basal]] lineage of Mimidae.(Hunt ''et al.'' 2001, Barber ''et al.'' 2004)
 Mockingbirds represent the destruction of innocence in a novel by award-winner Harper Lee.