Chilean Mockingbird Mimus thenca Scientific name definitions
- LC Least Concern
- Names (25)
- Monotypic
Natacha González, Vicente Pantoja-Maggi, Maria Jesus S. Mallea, Matías Garrido, Antoine Touret, Angélica Almónacid, Heraldo V. Norambuena, and Fernando Medrano
Version: 2.1 — Published February 19, 2025
Revision Notes
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Species names in all available languages
| Language | Common name |
|---|---|
| Bulgarian | Чилийски присмехулник |
| Catalan | mim de Xile |
| Croatian | čilski raznopojac |
| Dutch | Chileense spotlijster |
| English | Chilean Mockingbird |
| English (United States) | Chilean Mockingbird |
| Estonian | tšiili pilalind |
| Finnish | chilenmatkija |
| French | Moqueur du Chili |
| French (Canada) | Moqueur du Chili |
| German | Chilespottdrossel |
| Japanese | チリーマネシツグミ |
| Norwegian | chilespottefugl |
| Polish | przedrzeźniacz chilijski |
| Russian | Чилийский пересмешник |
| Serbian | Čileanska rugalica |
| Slovak | spevák tenka |
| Slovenian | Čilski oponašačec |
| Spanish | Sinsonte Tenca |
| Spanish (Argentina) | Tenca |
| Spanish (Chile) | Tenca chilena |
| Spanish (Spain) | Sinsonte tenca |
| Swedish | chilehärmtrast |
| Turkish | Tenka Taklitçisi |
| Ukrainian | Пересмішник чилійський |
Revision Notes
Vicente Pantoja updated this version of the account by including all the information present in the journals "Boletín informativo CIPA", "Boletín Chileno de Ornitología", "Revista Chilena de Ornitología" and "La Chiricoca" as part of a partnership with Red de Observadores de Aves y Vida Silvestre de Chile (ROC).
Mimus thenca (Molina, 1782)
PROTONYM:
Turdus thenca
Molina, 1782. Saggio sulla storia naturale del Chili, p.250,345.
TYPE LOCALITY:
Chile.
SOURCE:
Avibase, 2024
Definitions
- MIMUS
- mimus
- thenca
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‡: extinct
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Gr.: ancient Greek
L.: Latin
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TL: type locality
OD: original diagnosis (genus) or original description (species)
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