Chilean Mockingbird
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| Tenca, Chilean Mockingbird | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Mimidae |
| Genus: | Mimus |
| Species: | M. thenca |
| Binomial name | |
| Mimus thenca (Molina, 1782) | |
The Chilean Mockingbird (Mimus thenca) locally known as Tenca[2] is a species of bird in the Mimidae family.[3] It inhabits Chile and Argentina
Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry shrubland and heavily degraded former forest. An example habitat is the dry shrub and forest of La Campana National Park.[4] In Argentina inhabit dry patagonian steppes.[5]
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Notes
- ↑ BirdLife International (2012). "Mimus thenca". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2013.2. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 26 November 2013.
- ↑ Aves de Chile
- ↑ BirdLife International. 2004
- ↑ C. Michael Hogan. 2008
- ↑ Matarasso, 2008
References
- AvesdeChile.cl
- C. Michael Hogan. 2008. Chilean Wine Palm: Jubaea chilensis, GlobalTwitcher.com, ed. N. Stromberg
- H. Matarasso and R. Seró López. 2008. La Tenca en la provincia de Neuquén: una nueva especie para Argentina. El Hornero. ISSN= 1850-4884, Buenos Aires.
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