Mockingbirds are a group of New World passerine birds from the family Mimidae. They are best known for the habit of some species mimicking the songs of other birds and the sounds of insects and amphibians, often loudly and in rapid succession and for being extremely territorial when raising hatchlings. Studies have shown the ability of some species to identify individual humans and treat them differently based on learned threat assessments.
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反舌鳥，又稱嘲鶇（英語：Mockingbird），是嘲鶇科雀形目下一種原產美洲的鳥類，牠們知名於模仿其他鳥類、昆蟲或者兩棲類動物大聲快速連續的叫聲。其中大約共有17種，分為兩個屬。 在北美最常見的反舌鳥為北方反舌鳥（Mimus polyglottos），又稱小嘲鶇，學名中的Polyglottos意思是“多種語言”，因為其知名於在晚上，甚至在凌晨唱歌.。 本物種有時會與另一種鳥類知更鳥（英語：Robin）相混淆，比如哈波·李的小說《To Kill a Mockingbird》常被譯為《殺死一隻知更鳥》。
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