Brown Thrasher
Toxostoma rufum
Mockingbirds and Thrashers (Mimidae) · Passeriformes (Passeriformes)
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| Specie | Confusioni |
|---|---|
| Long-billed Thrasher Toxostoma longirostre | 4 |
| Sage Thrasher Oreoscoptes montanus | 2 |
| Cuculo americano Coccyzus americanus | 1 |
| Northern Jacana Jacana spinosa | 1 |
| American Crow Corvus brachyrhynchos | 1 |
Famiglia
The mimids are the New World family of passerine birds, Mimidae, that includes thrashers, mockingbirds, tremblers, and the New World catbirds. As their name (Latin for "mimic") suggests, these birds are notable for their vocalization, especially some species' remarkable ability to mimic a wide variety of birds and other sounds heard outdoors. They are commonly referred to as mimic thrushes but are not, in fact, thrushes (which are members of family Turdidae).
Ordine
A passerine () is any bird of the order Passeriformes (; from Latin passer 'sparrow' and formis '-shaped'), which includes more than half of all bird species. Sometimes known as perching birds, passerines generally have an anisodactyl arrangement of their toes (three pointing forward and one back), which facilitates perching. With more than 140 families and some 6,500 identified species, Passeriformes is the largest order of birds and one of the most diverse clades of terrestrial vertebrates, representing 60% of …