Nesomimus trifasciatus Cladus: Eukaryota Name Nesomimus trifasciatus (Gould, 1837) Reference Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London Pt5 no.50 p.27
The Floreana Mockingbird or Charles Mockingbird (Mimus trifasciatus) is a bird species in the family Mimidae. It is endemic to Floreana, one of the Galápagos Islands of Ecuador; at present it only occurs on offshore islets however. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical dry shrubland. Formerly classified as an Endangered species by the IUCN,[1] recent research shows that its numbers are decreasing more and more rapidly, and it is on the brink of extinction. It is consequently uplisted to Critically Endangered status in 2008.[2] Re-population efforts Today, two small sub-populations are extant on the small satellite islets of Champion and Gardner-by-Floreana.[3] They are due to be re-introduced as a third, possibly hybridized population on Floreana (due to genetic compatibility and hybrid viability revealed through analysis of the Darwin-Fitzroy collections) [4] Footnotes ^ BLI (2004) References BirdLife International (BLI) (2004). Mimus trifasciatus. 2006. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN 2006. www.iucnredlist.org. Retrieved on 26 July 2007. Source: Wikipedia , Wikispecies: All text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License |
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