Hood mockingbird  (Mimus macdonaldi)

Species information

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Glossary

  • Arthropods: a very diverse phylum (a major grouping of animals) that includes crustaceans, insects and arachnids. All arthropods have paired jointed limbs and a hard external skeleton (exoskeleton).
  • Carrion: dead flesh.
  • Endemic: a species or taxonomic group that is only found in one particular country or geographic area.
  • Forage: to search for food.
  • Mesquite: a leguminous plant, (one that produces seeds in a pod), that is hardy and drought-tolerant.
  • Vertebrates: animals with a backbone.

References

  1. IUCN Red List (January, 2007)
    http://www.iucnredlist.org
  2. del Hoyo, J., Elliott, A. and Sargatal, J. (2005) Handbook of the Birds of the World. Volume 10: Cuckoo-Shrikes to Thrushes.Lynx Edicions, Barcelona.
  3. Española Mockingbird (June, 2007)
    http://oikos.villanova.edu/Nesomimus/macdonaldi.html
  4. Mockingbirds (June, 2007)
    http://www.rit.edu/~rhrsbi/GalapagosPages/mockingbird.html
  5. Birdlife International (June, 2007)
    http://www.birdlife.org/datazone/species/index.html?action=SpcHTMDetails.asp&sid=6861&m=0
  6. UNEP-WCMC (June, 2007)
    http://www.unep-wcmc.org/sites/wh/pdf/CAPE%20FLORAL%20REGION.pdf
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