Long-tailed Mockingbird
Mimus longicaudatusTschudi, JJ, 1844
English (US) Long-tailed Mockingbird
The Long-tailed Mockingbird (Mimus longicaudatus) is a bird species documented in the AviList Global Avian Checklist. On BirdGuides.io, 0 professional guides specialise in helping birdwatchers observe this species. It belongs to the family Mimidae (Mockingbirds and Thrashers) in the order Passeriformes.
- Scientific name
- Mimus longicaudatus
- Order
- Passeriformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Long-tailed Mockingbird
- Described by
- Tschudi, JJ, 1844
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Add Your ExpertiseRecognised subspecies
The AviList checklist recognises 4 subspecies for this species.
- Mimus longicaudatus platensis
- Mimus longicaudatus albogriseus
- Mimus longicaudatus longicaudatus
- Mimus longicaudatus maranonicus
Taxonomic history
- First described as
- M[imus] longicaudatus
- Described by
- Tschudi, JJ, 1844
- Type locality
- in Republica Peruana. Lima, Peru, suggested by Hellmayr, 1934, Field Mus. Nat. Hist. Publ., Zool. Ser., 13, pt. 7, p. 325.
- Original description
- Archiv für Naturgeschichte 10 p.280
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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