San Cristobal Mockingbird (Mimus melanotis)
About the San Cristobal Mockingbird
The San Cristóbal mockingbird (Mimus melanotis) or Chatham mockingbird, is a species of bird in the family Mimidae. It is endemic to San Cristóbal Island in the Galápagos Islands. The San Cristóbal mockingbird, Galápagos mockingbird (Mimus parvulus), Espanola mockingbird (M. macdonaldi), and Floreana mockingbird (M. trifasciatus) were previously placed in genus Nesomimus and were considered conspecific. They now form a superspecies. The San Cristóbal mockingbird is monotypic.
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We only publish recordings we may use commercially, because this site is supported by ads. xeno-canto lists 14 recordings for this species: 13 CC BY-NC-SA · 1 CC BY-NC-ND. None of them permits commercial use, so there is no player here — the page is kept as a profile so the bird is not missing from the guide.
As soon as someone uploads a freely licensed recording, we mirror it and the player appears here.
Listed as recorded in Ecuador in the xeno-canto catalogue.
Related species you can hear
- Chalk-browed MockingbirdMimus saturninusrecording
- Long-tailed MockingbirdMimus longicaudatusrecording
- Northern MockingbirdMimus polyglottosrecording
- Tropical MockingbirdMimus gilvusrecording
This species has no recording here yet — these relatives do, so you can hear what the family sounds like.