| Hood mockingbird | |
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| On Española, Galapagos, Ecuador | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Mimidae |
| Genus: | Mimus |
| Species: | M. macdonaldi
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| Binomial name | |
| Mimus macdonaldi (Ridgway, 1890)
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| Synonyms | |
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Nesomimus macdonaldi | |
The Hood mockingbird (Mimus macdonaldi), also known as the Española mockingbird, is a species of bird in the family Mimidae. It is endemic to Española Island in the Galápagos Islands, Ecuador, and it is one of four closely related mockingbird species endemic to the Galápagos archipelago. It is found in dry forests and is omnivorous, though it primarily is a carnivore or scavenger. The species has a highly territorial social structure and has no fear of humans. It is the only species of Galápagos mockingbird that Charles Darwin did not see or collect on the voyage of HMS Beagle.[2]
- ^ BirdLife International (2020). "Mimus macdonaldi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2020: e.T22711070A182738354. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-3.RLTS.T22711070A182738354.en. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
- ^ Grant, K. Thalia; Estes, Gregory B. (2009). Darwin in Galapagos: Footsteps to a New World. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press.