Tenca, Chilean mockingbird | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Passeriformes |
Family: | Mimidae |
Genus: | Mimus |
Species: | M. thenca
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Binomial name | |
Mimus thenca (Molina, 1782)
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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]