Patagonian mockingbird

Patagonian mockingbird
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Mimidae
Genus: Mimus
Species: M. patagonicus
Binomial name
Mimus patagonicus
(Lafresnaye & D'Orbigny, 1837)

The Patagonian mockingbird (Mimus patagonicus) is a species of bird in the Mimidae family. It is found in Argentina and locally in Chile. Vagrants have been recorded in the Falkland Islands. Its natural habitats are subtropical dry shrubland and heavily degraded former forest.

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