Melanotis Mimus Mockingbirds are a group of New World passerine birds from the family Mimidae.

They are best known for the habit of some species mimicking the songs of other birds and the sounds of insects and amphibians,[1] often loudly and in rapid succession and for being extremely territorial when raising hatchlings.

Studies have shown the ability of some species to identify individual humans and treat them differently based on learned threat assessments.

Since then, Arkansas, Florida, Mississippi, and Tennessee have also adopted the Northern Mockingbird as their official state bird.

Nearly a year later when writing up his notes on the return voyage he speculated that this,[8] together with what he had been told about Galápagos tortoises, could undermine the doctrine of stability of species.