Chilean mockingbird

Tenca, Chilean mockingbird
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
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 family Mimidae. It primarily inhabits Chile's northern half, though there are sightings in Argentina.[3]

  1. ^ BirdLife International (2018). "Chilean mockingbird Mimus thenca". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2018. Retrieved 21 July 2021.
  2. ^ "Tenca (Mimus thenca)". Retrieved July 21, 2021.
  3. ^ Gill, F.; Donsker, D.; Rasmussen, P. (July 2021). "IOC World Bird List (v 11.2)". Retrieved July 14, 2021.