Mockingbirds, Thrashers

Brown-backed Mockingbird

Mimus dorsalis

The Brown-backed Mockingbird (Mimus dorsalis) is a 59 g scrub bird that eats mostly insects and other invertebrates. It stays put all year.

Family

Mockingbirds, Thrashers

Order

Passeriformes

Weight

59 g

Habitat

Shrubland

Diet

Invertebrates

Migration

Resident

Countries recorded

3

Recorded in Argentina, Bolivia, Chile.

Where to see it: Santa Cruz Botanical Gardens (Bolivia); Humedal Lucre-Huacarpay (Peru).

Photo: (c) Tomás Tamagno, some rights reserved (CC BY) via iNaturalist