Mimus

Mimus is a genus of passerine birds in the family Mimidae. It contains the typical mockingbirds.

==Taxonomy== The genus Mimus was introduced in 1826 by the German zoologist Friedrich Boie to contain a single species, Turdus polyglottis Linnaeus, 1758, the northern mockingbird, which becomes the type species by monotypy. The genus name is Latin for "mimic". A molecular phylogenetic study published in 2006 found that the genus Nesomimus, containing the species endemic to the Galápagos islands, was embedded in the genus Mimus. The genera were therefore merged under the earlier name, Mimus. The position of the Galápagos species within the genus Mimus was confirmed by a more comprehensive study published in 2012.