Northern mockingbird: Difference between revisions

Swedish zoologist [[Carl Linnaeus]] first [[species description|described]] this species in his [[Systema Naturae]] in 1758 as a species of [[Turdus|thrush]], ''Turdus polyglottos''.<ref name=Linnaeus>{{cite book | last=Linnæi | first=Caroli | author-link=Carl Linnaeus | title=Systema naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis | publisher= Laurentii Salvii|location=Holmiæ [''Stockholm''] | year=1758| quote = T. obscure cinereus, subtus pallide cinereus, macula alarum albida [''T. dark gray, pale gray underneath, white wing spot'']|edition=10th Revised|volume=1 |trans-title=The system of nature through the three kingdoms of nature, according to classes, orders, genera, species, with characters, differences, synonyms, places|page=169|language=la|url=https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/10277#page/188/mode/1up}}</ref> Its current genus name, ''Mimus'', is [[Latin]] for "mimic" and the specific ''polyglottos'', is from [[Ancient Greek]] {{Transliteration|grc|poluglottos}}, "harmonious", from ''polus'', "many", and ''glossa'', "tongue",<ref name=job>{{cite book | last= Jobling | first= James A.|author-link=James_A._Jobling | year= 2010| title= The Helm Dictionary of Scientific Bird Names | url= https://archive.org/details/Helm_Dictionary_of_Scientific_Bird_Names_by_James_A._Jobling | publisher= [[Christopher Helm]] | location = London | isbn = 978-1-4081-2501-4 | pages = [https://archive.org/details/Helm_Dictionary_of_Scientific_Bird_Names_by_James_A._Jobling/page/n255 255], 313}}</ref> representing its outstanding ability to mimic various sounds.<ref>{{cite book|last1=Tveten|first1=John|last2=Tveten|first2=Gloria|title=Our Life with Birds: A Nature Trails Book|year=2004|publisher=[[Texas A&M University Press]]|location=[[College Station, Texas]]|isbn=978-1-58544-380-2|edition=1st|page=234|url=https://archive.org/details/ourlifewithbirds0000tvet/mode/2up|url-access=registration}}</ref> The northern mockingbird is considered to be [[conspecific]] with the [[tropical mockingbird]] (''Mimus gilvus'').<ref>{{cite book|title=Check-list of North American Birds|url=https://americanornithology.org/publications/north-and-middle-american-checklist/|year=1998|publisher=[[American Ornithological Society]]|edition=7th|chapter=Passeriformes:Incertae Sedis - Mimidae|chapter-url=https://americanornithology.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/AOSChecklistPass-Mimidae.pdf|first1=R. T.|last1=Chesser|first2=S. M.|last2=Billerman|first3=K. J.|last3=Burns|display-authors=3|author4=C. Cicero, J. L. Dunn, B. E. Hernández-Baños, R. A. Jiménez, O. Johnson, A. W. Kratter, N. A. Mason, and P. C. Rasmussen|page=516}}</ref>