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Like all of the mockingbirds found in the Galápagos, this species is long-tailed and relatively long-legged, with a long, slim, decurved beak. [6] The Galapagos mockingbird has a whitish stripe behind its eye, blackish-brown lores and ear-patch, and a broad white collar.
Birdlife International defines Endemic Bird Areas (EBAs) as places where the breeding ranges of two or more range-restricted species—those with breeding ranges of less than 50,000 km 2 (19,000 sq mi)—overlap. In order to qualify, the whole of the breeding range of at least two range-restricted species must fall entirely within the EBA. [1]
Galapagos mockingbird. Order: Passeriformes Family: Mimidae. Mockingbirds are an American group of passerine birds. In the Galápagos they are famous (along with Darwin's finches) for confirming Charles Darwin's theory of evolution. Galapagos mockingbird, Mimus parvulus (E) Floreana mockingbird, Mimus trifasciatus (E)
San Cristóbal mockingbird Conservation status Near Threatened (IUCN 3.1) Scientific classification Domain: Eukaryota Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Aves Order: Passeriformes Family: Mimidae Genus: Mimus Species: M. melanotis Binomial name Mimus melanotis (Gould, 1837) Synonyms Nesomimus melanotis The San Cristóbal mockingbird (Mimus melanotis) or Chatham mockingbird, is a species ...
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Eight species of butterfly and many species of moth are known from the Galápagos. Galápagos sulphur butterfly (Phoebis sennae marcellina) Galápagos silver fritillary (Agraulis vanillae galapagensis) Painted ladies (two species, Vanessa carye and V. virginiensis) Monarch butterfly (Danaus plexippus) Queen butterfly (Danaus gilippus)
The species — several birds, mussels, two species of fish and the Little Mariana fruit bat last seen in Guam in 1968 — have been listed as endangered for decades, according to the U.S. Fish ...
For a species to be considered endangered by the IUCN it must meet certain quantitative criteria which are designed to classify taxa facing "a very high risk of extinction". An even higher risk is faced by critically endangered species, which meet the quantitative criteria for endangered species. Critically endangered birds are listed ...