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Floreana mockingbird Conservation status Endangered (IUCN 3.1) Scientific classification Domain: Eukaryota Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Aves Order: Passeriformes Family: Mimidae Genus: Mimus Species: M. trifasciatus Binomial name Mimus trifasciatus (Gould, 1837) Synonyms Nesomimus trifasciatus The Floreana mockingbird (Mimus trifasciatus) or the Charles Island mockingbird, is a ...
Floreana Island (Spanish: Isla Floreana) is a southern island in Ecuador's Galápagos Archipelago. The island has an area of 173 km 2 (67 sq mi). It was formed by volcanic eruption. The island's highest point is Cerro Pajas at 640 m (2,100 ft), which is also the highest point of the volcano like most of the smaller islands of Galápagos. The ...
Mimus is a bird genus in the family Mimidae.It contains the typical mockingbirds.In 2007, the genus Nesomimus was merged into Mimus by the American Ornithologists' Union. [2] The genus name is Latin for "mimic".
Isla Caldwell - This island is near Floreana and has a length of 3.06 kilometers. Isla Campéon - Also known as Champion island, this islet is 1.64 kilometers in length and is one of the last refuges of the Floreana mockingbird. Isla Watson - This small islet is one of the many islets of Floreana island.
The Galapagos Affair: Satan Came to Eden is a 2013 feature-length documentary directed by Daniel Geller and Dayna Goldfine. It is about a series of unsolved disappearances on the Galapagos island of Floreana in the 1930s among the largely European expatriate residents at the time.
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Former Vice President Kamala Harris gave a rousing speech at the 56th NAACP Image Awards on Saturday night at the Pasadena Civic Auditorium in California, where she accepted the organization’s ...
In 2009, at the suggestion of the Gerald Durrell Foundation, she prepared an exhibition of textiles and ceramics on the theme of Galapagos wildlife. The auction raised £24,000 for the Durrell Wildlife Conservation Trust's campaign for the Floreana mockingbird and other wildlife of Galapagos. [18]