The Zoochat Photographic Guide To The Muscicapoidea (Part II) - Thrushes, Starlings and Allies
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Cinclus
White-throated Dipper (Cinclus cinclus)
The range of this species represents a highly-fragmented and patchy distribution of disjunct populations, roughly definable as follows; throughout Europe and North Africa into Asia Minor and the Caucasus, from Scandinavia, the British Isles and Iberian Peninsula in the west to Georgia, northwestern Turkey and northern Iran in the east; throughout the Urals and surrounding areas of western Siberia; and from south-central Siberia and northern Mongolia west into Tien Shan and Central Asia, from here south into the foothills of the Himalayas in northern Pakistan and Afghanistan, and thence east throughout the Himalayas into the Tibetan Plateau and central China. Populations in eastern Europe and much of Scandinavia are winter visitors only.
Eleven extant subspecies recognised:
C. c. hibernicus
C. c. gularis
C. c. cinclus - photo by @Merintia
C. c. aquaticus - photo by @TeaLovingDave
C. c. uralensis
C. c. minor
C. c. caucasicus
C. c. persicus
C. c. leucogaster
C. c. cashmeriensis
C. c. przewalskii
Brown Dipper (Cinclus pallasii)
The range of this species extends from Tien Shan south into northern Pakistan and Afghanistan, from here through the Himalayas into northern Indochina and throughout south and eastern China, and north to the Korean Peninsula, Japan and the Russian Far East, as far as Kamchatka.
Three subspecies recognised:
C. p. pallasii - photo by @Chlidonias
C. p. tenuirostris
C. p. dorjei
American Dipper (Cinclus mexicanus)
The range of this species extends throughout Alaska and western Canada, into the western United States and patchily into Mexico and Central America as far south as Costa Rica and western Panama.
Five subspecies recognised:
C. m. unicolor - photo by @Ituri
C. m. mexicanus
C. m. dickermani
C. m. anthonyi
C. m. ardesiacus
White-capped Dipper (Cinclus leucocephalus)
The range of this species extends from northwest Venezuela, south throughout the Andes as far as southeast Peru and northwest Bolivia; a disjunct population exists in the Santa Marta Mountains of northern Colombia.
Three subspecies recognised:
C. l. rivularis
C. l. leuconotus - photo by @ronnienl
C. l. leucocephalus
Rufous-throated Dipper (Cinclus schulzii)
The range of this species is restricted to a short stretch of the eastern Andes from southern Bolivia into northwest Argentina.
Monotypic; no photographs of this species are present in the Zoochat gallery.
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White-throated Dipper (Cinclus cinclus)
The range of this species represents a highly-fragmented and patchy distribution of disjunct populations, roughly definable as follows; throughout Europe and North Africa into Asia Minor and the Caucasus, from Scandinavia, the British Isles and Iberian Peninsula in the west to Georgia, northwestern Turkey and northern Iran in the east; throughout the Urals and surrounding areas of western Siberia; and from south-central Siberia and northern Mongolia west into Tien Shan and Central Asia, from here south into the foothills of the Himalayas in northern Pakistan and Afghanistan, and thence east throughout the Himalayas into the Tibetan Plateau and central China. Populations in eastern Europe and much of Scandinavia are winter visitors only.
Eleven extant subspecies recognised:
C. c. hibernicus
C. c. gularis
C. c. cinclus - photo by @Merintia
C. c. aquaticus - photo by @TeaLovingDave
C. c. uralensis
C. c. minor
C. c. caucasicus
C. c. persicus
C. c. leucogaster
C. c. cashmeriensis
C. c. przewalskii
Brown Dipper (Cinclus pallasii)
The range of this species extends from Tien Shan south into northern Pakistan and Afghanistan, from here through the Himalayas into northern Indochina and throughout south and eastern China, and north to the Korean Peninsula, Japan and the Russian Far East, as far as Kamchatka.
Three subspecies recognised:
C. p. pallasii - photo by @Chlidonias
C. p. tenuirostris
C. p. dorjei
American Dipper (Cinclus mexicanus)
The range of this species extends throughout Alaska and western Canada, into the western United States and patchily into Mexico and Central America as far south as Costa Rica and western Panama.
Five subspecies recognised:
C. m. unicolor - photo by @Ituri
C. m. mexicanus
C. m. dickermani
C. m. anthonyi
C. m. ardesiacus
White-capped Dipper (Cinclus leucocephalus)
The range of this species extends from northwest Venezuela, south throughout the Andes as far as southeast Peru and northwest Bolivia; a disjunct population exists in the Santa Marta Mountains of northern Colombia.
Three subspecies recognised:
C. l. rivularis
C. l. leuconotus - photo by @ronnienl
C. l. leucocephalus
Rufous-throated Dipper (Cinclus schulzii)
The range of this species is restricted to a short stretch of the eastern Andes from southern Bolivia into northwest Argentina.
Monotypic; no photographs of this species are present in the Zoochat gallery.
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The above Dipper post is another good example
as I have seen and photographed both UK races - hibernicus and gularis - on many occasions..... but I'm buggered if I can find any of my shots!
Buphagus
Yellow-billed Oxpecker (Buphagus africanus)
The range of this species extends patchily and in a highly-fragmented distribution of disjunct populations throughout sub-Saharan Africa, with the largest continuous population extending throughout the Sahel from southwest Mauritania and Senegal in the west to southeast South Sudan in the east, and further scattered populations extending south as far as northern Namibia in the west and northeast South Africa in the east.
Two subspecies recognised:
B. a. africanus - photo by @LaughingDove
B. a. langi
Red-billed Oxpecker (Buphagus erythrorynchus)
The range of this species extends patchily throughout eastern Africa, from as far north as Eritrea and northwest Ethiopia to northeast South Africa, southern Mozambique and Swaziland in the south.
Monotypic.
Photo by @Tomek
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Yellow-billed Oxpecker (Buphagus africanus)
The range of this species extends patchily and in a highly-fragmented distribution of disjunct populations throughout sub-Saharan Africa, with the largest continuous population extending throughout the Sahel from southwest Mauritania and Senegal in the west to southeast South Sudan in the east, and further scattered populations extending south as far as northern Namibia in the west and northeast South Africa in the east.
Two subspecies recognised:
B. a. africanus - photo by @LaughingDove
B. a. langi
Red-billed Oxpecker (Buphagus erythrorynchus)
The range of this species extends patchily throughout eastern Africa, from as far north as Eritrea and northwest Ethiopia to northeast South Africa, southern Mozambique and Swaziland in the south.
Monotypic.
Photo by @Tomek
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MIMIDAE
This family comprises 10 extant genera, as follows:
Melanotis - Blue Mockingbird and Blue-and-White Mockingbird (2 species)
Melanoptila - Black Catbird (monotypic)
Dumetella - Grey Catbird (monotypic)
Ramphocinclus - White-breasted Thrasher (monotypic)
Allenia - Scaly-breasted Thrasher (monotypic)
Margarops - Pearly-eyed Thrasher (monotypic)
Cinclocerthia - Tremblers (2 species)
Mimus - True Mockingbirds (14 species)
Oreoscoptes - Sage Thrasher (monotypic)
Toxostoma - Brown Thrasher and allies (10 species)
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This family comprises 10 extant genera, as follows:
Melanotis - Blue Mockingbird and Blue-and-White Mockingbird (2 species)
Melanoptila - Black Catbird (monotypic)
Dumetella - Grey Catbird (monotypic)
Ramphocinclus - White-breasted Thrasher (monotypic)
Allenia - Scaly-breasted Thrasher (monotypic)
Margarops - Pearly-eyed Thrasher (monotypic)
Cinclocerthia - Tremblers (2 species)
Mimus - True Mockingbirds (14 species)
Oreoscoptes - Sage Thrasher (monotypic)
Toxostoma - Brown Thrasher and allies (10 species)
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I have held one of the above
~Thylo
I've never even seen any of the above genera
I've never even seen any of the above genera
I've seen Curve-Billed Thrasher, Brown Thrasher, Northern Mockingbird, and Grey Catbird which is the one I've also held and released.
~Thylo
Melanotis
Blue Mockingbird (Melanotis caerulescens)
The range of this species extends throughout western, south-central and southeast Mexico, from central Sonora in the north to western Veracruz in the south.
Two subspecies recognised:
M. c. caerulescens
M. c. longirostris
No photographs of this species are present in the Zoochat gallery.
Blue-and-white Mockingbird (Melanotis hypoleucus)
The range of this species extends throughout northern Central America, from southeast Mexico to western Nicaragua.
Monotypic; no photographs of this species are present in the Zoochat gallery.
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Blue Mockingbird (Melanotis caerulescens)
The range of this species extends throughout western, south-central and southeast Mexico, from central Sonora in the north to western Veracruz in the south.
Two subspecies recognised:
M. c. caerulescens
M. c. longirostris
No photographs of this species are present in the Zoochat gallery.
Blue-and-white Mockingbird (Melanotis hypoleucus)
The range of this species extends throughout northern Central America, from southeast Mexico to western Nicaragua.
Monotypic; no photographs of this species are present in the Zoochat gallery.
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Melanoptila
Black Catbird (Melanoptila glabrirostris)
The range of this species extends throughout the Yucatan Peninsula and immediately adjacent areas of southeast Mexico, northern Belize and northern Guatemala.
Monotypic.
Photo by @vogelcommando
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Black Catbird (Melanoptila glabrirostris)
The range of this species extends throughout the Yucatan Peninsula and immediately adjacent areas of southeast Mexico, northern Belize and northern Guatemala.
Monotypic.
Photo by @vogelcommando
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Dumetella
Grey Catbird (Dumetella carolinensis)
The summer breeding range of this species extends throughout southern Canada from British Columbia to Nova Scotia, and into central, eastern and southeast United States as far south as northern Florida and southeast Texas; populations along the eastern coastline of the United States from Rhode Island to northern Florida are resident. Wintering populations extend throughout the Caribbean coastline of the USA, the Greater and Lesser Antilles, eastern Mexico and Central America as far south as northwest Colombia.
Monotypic.
Photo by @Vision
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Grey Catbird (Dumetella carolinensis)
The summer breeding range of this species extends throughout southern Canada from British Columbia to Nova Scotia, and into central, eastern and southeast United States as far south as northern Florida and southeast Texas; populations along the eastern coastline of the United States from Rhode Island to northern Florida are resident. Wintering populations extend throughout the Caribbean coastline of the USA, the Greater and Lesser Antilles, eastern Mexico and Central America as far south as northwest Colombia.
Monotypic.
Photo by @Vision
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Ramphocinclus
White-breasted Thrasher (Ramphocinclus brachyurus)
Endemic to Martinique and St Lucia in the Lesser Antilles.
Two subspecies recognised:
R. b. brachyurus
R. b. sanctaeluciae
No photographs of this species are present in the Zoochat gallery.
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White-breasted Thrasher (Ramphocinclus brachyurus)
Endemic to Martinique and St Lucia in the Lesser Antilles.
Two subspecies recognised:
R. b. brachyurus
R. b. sanctaeluciae
No photographs of this species are present in the Zoochat gallery.
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Allenia
Scaly-breasted Thrasher (Allenia fusca)
The range of this species extends throughout the Lesser Antilles.
Five subspecies recognised:
A. f. hypenema
A. f. fusca
A. f. schwartzi
A. f. vincenti
A. f. atlantica
No photographs of this species are present in the Zoochat gallery.
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Scaly-breasted Thrasher (Allenia fusca)
The range of this species extends throughout the Lesser Antilles.
Five subspecies recognised:
A. f. hypenema
A. f. fusca
A. f. schwartzi
A. f. vincenti
A. f. atlantica
No photographs of this species are present in the Zoochat gallery.
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Margarops
Pearly-eyed Thrasher (Margarops fuscatus)
The range of this species extends throughout the Bahamas, southeast Hispaniola and Puerto Rico, and into the Lesser Antilles.
Four subspecies recognised:
M. f. fuscatus
M. f. densirostris
M. f. klinikowskii
M. f. bonairensis
No photographs of this species are present in the Zoochat gallery.
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Pearly-eyed Thrasher (Margarops fuscatus)
The range of this species extends throughout the Bahamas, southeast Hispaniola and Puerto Rico, and into the Lesser Antilles.
Four subspecies recognised:
M. f. fuscatus
M. f. densirostris
M. f. klinikowskii
M. f. bonairensis
No photographs of this species are present in the Zoochat gallery.
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Cinclocerthia
Brown Trembler (Cinclocerthia ruficauda)
The range of this species extends throughout the Lesser Antilles.
Three subspecies recognised:
C. r. tremula
C. r. ruficauda - photo by @Maguari
C. r. tenebrosa
Grey Trembler (Cinclocerthia gutturalis)
Endemic to Martinique and St Lucia in the Lesser Antilles.
Two subspecies recognised:
C. g. gutturalis
C. g. macrorhyncha
No photographs of this species are present in the Zoochat gallery.
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Brown Trembler (Cinclocerthia ruficauda)
The range of this species extends throughout the Lesser Antilles.
Three subspecies recognised:
C. r. tremula
C. r. ruficauda - photo by @Maguari
C. r. tenebrosa
Grey Trembler (Cinclocerthia gutturalis)
Endemic to Martinique and St Lucia in the Lesser Antilles.
Two subspecies recognised:
C. g. gutturalis
C. g. macrorhyncha
No photographs of this species are present in the Zoochat gallery.
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Mimus
Chilean Mockingbird (Mimus thenca)
The range of this species is restricted to central Chile, and immediately-adjacent western Argentina.
Monotypic; no photographs of this species are present in the Zoochat gallery.
Patagonian Mockingbird (Mimus patagonicus)
The range of this species extends from northwest Argentina in the north, through central Argentina to southern Chile and adjacent southern Argentina.
Monotypic; no photographs of this species are present in the Zoochat gallery.
Chalk-browed Mockingbird (Mimus saturninus)
The range of this species extends throughout much of central and eastern South America, from southern Suriname and adjacent northern Brazil in the north, south to central Argentina and Uruguay and west into central Bolivia.
Four subspecies recognised:
M. s. saturninus
M. s. frater
M. s. arenaceus
M. s. modulator
No photographs of this species are present in the Zoochat gallery.
White-banded Mockingbird (Mimus triurus)
The range of this species extends throughout much of south-central South America, from northern Bolivia and adjacent southwest Brazil in the north to southeast Argentina in the south.
Monotypic; no photographs of this species are present in the Zoochat gallery.
Brown-backed Mockingbird (Mimus dorsalis)
The range of this species is restricted to southwest Bolivia and adjacent northwest Argentina.
Monotypic; no photographs of this species are present in the Zoochat gallery.
Long-tailed Mockingbird (Mimus longicaudatus)
The range of this species is restricted to a narrow band of the northwest South American coastline, from western Ecuador to southwest Peru.
Four subspecies recognised:
M. l. albogriseus
M. l. platensis
M. l. longicaudatus
M. l. maranonicus
Photo by @LaughingDove
Northern Mockingbird (Mimus polyglottos)
The range of this species extends throughout much of North America, from southernmost Canada in the north, through the USA, Bahamas and Greater Antilles into Mexico as far south as northern Oaxaca.
Three subspecies recognised:
M. p. leucopterus - photo by @Ituri
M. p. polyglottos - photo by @Maguari
M. p. orpheus
Tropical Mockingbird (Mimus gilvus)
The range of this species extends patchily throughout Central America and the Lesser Antilles, as far north as the Yucatan Peninsula and Oaxaca, into northern South America and coastal eastern South America as far south as southeast Brazil.
Ten subspecies recognised:
M. g. gracilis - photo by @Parrotsandrew
M. g. leucophaeus
M. g. magnirostris
M. g. rostratus
M. g. antillarum
M. g. tolimensis
M. g. melanopterus
M. g. tobagensis - photo by @Terry Thomas
M. g. gilvus
M. g. antelius
Socorro Mockingbird (Mimus graysoni)
Endemic to Socorro Island.
Monotypic; no photographs of this species are present in the Zoochat gallery.
Bahama Mockingbird (Mimus gundlachii)
The range of this species extends throughout the Bahamas and Camagüey Archipelago, with a disjunct population present in southern Jamaica.
Two subspecies recognised:
M. g. gundlachii
M. g. hillii
No photographs of this species are present in the Zoochat gallery.
Floreana Mockingbird (Mimus trifasciatus)
Endemic to the offshore islets of Gardner-near-Floreana and Campeón in the southern Galapagos.
Monotypic; no photographs of this species are present in the Zoochat gallery.
Galapagos Mockingbird (Mimus parvulus)
The range of this species extends throughout much of the Galapagos, barring San Cristobal, Floreana and a handful of smaller islands in the south.
Six subspecies recognised:
M. p. hulli
M. p. wenmani
M. p. personatus
M. p. parvulus - photo by @elefante
M. p. barringtoni
M. p. bauri
Espanola Mockingbird (Mimus macdonaldi)
Endemic to Española and Gardner-near-Española in the southeast Galapagos.
Monotypic; no photographs of this species are present in the Zoochat gallery.
San Cristobal Mockingbird (Mimus melanotis)
Endemic to San Cristóbal in the eastern Galapagos.
Monotypic.
Photo by @jayjds2
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Chilean Mockingbird (Mimus thenca)
The range of this species is restricted to central Chile, and immediately-adjacent western Argentina.
Monotypic; no photographs of this species are present in the Zoochat gallery.
Patagonian Mockingbird (Mimus patagonicus)
The range of this species extends from northwest Argentina in the north, through central Argentina to southern Chile and adjacent southern Argentina.
Monotypic; no photographs of this species are present in the Zoochat gallery.
Chalk-browed Mockingbird (Mimus saturninus)
The range of this species extends throughout much of central and eastern South America, from southern Suriname and adjacent northern Brazil in the north, south to central Argentina and Uruguay and west into central Bolivia.
Four subspecies recognised:
M. s. saturninus
M. s. frater
M. s. arenaceus
M. s. modulator
No photographs of this species are present in the Zoochat gallery.
White-banded Mockingbird (Mimus triurus)
The range of this species extends throughout much of south-central South America, from northern Bolivia and adjacent southwest Brazil in the north to southeast Argentina in the south.
Monotypic; no photographs of this species are present in the Zoochat gallery.
Brown-backed Mockingbird (Mimus dorsalis)
The range of this species is restricted to southwest Bolivia and adjacent northwest Argentina.
Monotypic; no photographs of this species are present in the Zoochat gallery.
Long-tailed Mockingbird (Mimus longicaudatus)
The range of this species is restricted to a narrow band of the northwest South American coastline, from western Ecuador to southwest Peru.
Four subspecies recognised:
M. l. albogriseus
M. l. platensis
M. l. longicaudatus
M. l. maranonicus
Photo by @LaughingDove
Northern Mockingbird (Mimus polyglottos)
The range of this species extends throughout much of North America, from southernmost Canada in the north, through the USA, Bahamas and Greater Antilles into Mexico as far south as northern Oaxaca.
Three subspecies recognised:
M. p. leucopterus - photo by @Ituri
M. p. polyglottos - photo by @Maguari
M. p. orpheus
Tropical Mockingbird (Mimus gilvus)
The range of this species extends patchily throughout Central America and the Lesser Antilles, as far north as the Yucatan Peninsula and Oaxaca, into northern South America and coastal eastern South America as far south as southeast Brazil.
Ten subspecies recognised:
M. g. gracilis - photo by @Parrotsandrew
M. g. leucophaeus
M. g. magnirostris
M. g. rostratus
M. g. antillarum
M. g. tolimensis
M. g. melanopterus
M. g. tobagensis - photo by @Terry Thomas
M. g. gilvus
M. g. antelius
Socorro Mockingbird (Mimus graysoni)
Endemic to Socorro Island.
Monotypic; no photographs of this species are present in the Zoochat gallery.
Bahama Mockingbird (Mimus gundlachii)
The range of this species extends throughout the Bahamas and Camagüey Archipelago, with a disjunct population present in southern Jamaica.
Two subspecies recognised:
M. g. gundlachii
M. g. hillii
No photographs of this species are present in the Zoochat gallery.
Floreana Mockingbird (Mimus trifasciatus)
Endemic to the offshore islets of Gardner-near-Floreana and Campeón in the southern Galapagos.
Monotypic; no photographs of this species are present in the Zoochat gallery.
Galapagos Mockingbird (Mimus parvulus)
The range of this species extends throughout much of the Galapagos, barring San Cristobal, Floreana and a handful of smaller islands in the south.
Six subspecies recognised:
M. p. hulli
M. p. wenmani
M. p. personatus
M. p. parvulus - photo by @elefante
M. p. barringtoni
M. p. bauri
Espanola Mockingbird (Mimus macdonaldi)
Endemic to Española and Gardner-near-Española in the southeast Galapagos.
Monotypic; no photographs of this species are present in the Zoochat gallery.
San Cristobal Mockingbird (Mimus melanotis)
Endemic to San Cristóbal in the eastern Galapagos.
Monotypic.
Photo by @jayjds2
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I've never even seen any of the above genera
No mimids in European collections? Not even Northern Mockingbird?
There is a single Tropical individual in a Swiss collection, but that's it; there used to be a handful more of the species dotted about, even in the UK - one of the shots used was taken in the UK as it happens. Barring this species the only others which have been around in the last 25 years were Northern and Long-tailed, both until about 2005.
