Brown-backed mockingbird

Brown-backed mockingbird
Two in Argentina
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Mimidae
Genus: Mimus
Species: M. dorsalis
Binomial name
Mius dorsalis
(Lafresnaye & D'Orbigny, 1837)

The brown-backed mockingbird (Mimus dorsalis) is a species of bird in the Mimidae family. It is found in Argentina, Bolivia, and Chile. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical high-altitude shrubland, pastureland, and heavily degraded former forest.

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