Floreana Mockingbird
Mimus trifasciatus
- Endangered
- Card rarity: Epic
- Birds
The Floreana mockingbird or the Charles Island mockingbird, is a species of bird in the family Mimidae. It was endemic to Floreana, one of the Galápagos Islands, but now is found only on two nearby islets, Campeón and Gardner-near-Floreana. The Floreana mockingbird is also known as Darwin's mockingbird, as it was the arguable inspiration for Charles Darwin's work on the origins of species; he noticed distinct differences between them and previous species he had encountered and consequently established the existence of other variants on neighboring islands.
Classification
- Class
- Aves
- Order
- Passeriformes
- Family
- Mimidae
- Genus
- Mimus