Chilean mockingbird
The Chilean mockingbird (Mimus thenca) locally known as tenca[2] is a species of bird in the family Mimidae.[3] It primarily inhabits Chile's northern half, though there are sightings in Argentina.[4][5]
| Tenca, Chilean mockingbird | |
|---|---|
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Mimidae |
| Genus: | Mimus |
| Species: | M. thenca |
| Binomial name | |
| Mimus thenca (Molina, 1782) | |
Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry shrubland and heavily degraded former forest. An example habitat is the dry shrub and forest of La Campana National Park.[6]
At Parque Juan Pablo II, Santiago
Notes
- BirdLife International (2012). "Mimus thenca". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2012. Retrieved 26 November 2013.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
- Aves de Chile
- BirdLife International. 2004
- Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, D. Roberson, T. A. Fredericks, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2017. The eBird/Clements checklist of birds of the world: v2017. Downloaded from http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/ retrieved 18 August 2017
- Pearman, Mark and Nacho Areta. 2017. Species lists of birds for South American countries and territories: Argentina. Version of 1 April 2017. http://www.museum.lsu.edu/~Remsen/SACCCountryLists.htm Retrieved 6 April 2017
- C. Michael Hogan. 2008
References
- AvesdeChile.cl
- C. Michael Hogan. 2008. Chilean Wine Palm: Jubaea chilensis, GlobalTwitcher.com, ed. N. Stromberg
- H. Matarasso and R. Seró López. 2008. La Tenca en la provincia de Neuquén: una nueva especie para Argentina. El Hornero. ISSN 1850-4884, Buenos Aires.
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