White-banded Mockingbird (Mimus triurus)

Order: Passeriformes | Family: Mimidae  | IUCN Status: Least Concern

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Age: Adult | Sex: Unknown | Loc. Buenos Aires, Brasil

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Age: Adult | Sex: Unknown | Loc. Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil

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Age: Adult | Sex: Unknown | Loc. Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil

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Age: Adult | Sex: Unknown | Loc. Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil


Identification & Behavior: ~22 cm (8.6 in). The White-banded Mockingbird is similar to the Brown-backed Mockingbird but averages grayer. Best distinguished by the broad White band along the wing, which is conspicuous in flight. White tail with dark central feathers.

Status: The White-banded Mockingbird is known from a sighting at Lake Titicaca. It also occurs in Bo, Br, and Ch.

Name in Spanish: Calandria de Ala Blanca.

Sub-species: White-banded Mockingbird (Mimus triurus) (Vieillot, 1818)

Meaning of Name:  Mimus: L. mimus= mimic, imitate. triurus: Gr. Tri=three, urus=tail. Refers to the apparent three-colored or sectioned tail of the a mockingbird.

See more of the Family Mimidae   peru aves

Distribution Map
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References:

    • Species range based on: Schulenberg, T. S., D. F. Stotz, and L. Rico. 2006. Distribution maps of the birds of Peru, version 1.0. Environment, Culture & Conservation (ECCo), The Field Museum. http://fm2.fieldmuseum.org/uw_test/birdsofperu on 10/18/2014.