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The Socorro Mockingbird

Mimus graysoni

The endemic mockingbird of Socorro Island, Revillagigedos Archipelago, Mexico

  
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The Socorro Mockingbird, Mimus graysoni, is endemic to Isla Socorro, a volcanic island in Mexico's Revillagigedos Archipelago, 1000 km from the west coast of Mexico, and about 600 km south of Baja California Sur. The species was until 2005 recognized by ornithologists as Mimodes graysoni.

References regarding recent change in taxonomic placement:

Banks, R. C., C. Cicero, J. L. Dunn, A. W. Kratter, P. C. Rasmussen, J. V. Remsen, Jr., J. D. Rising, and D. F. Stotz. 2005. Forty-sixth supplement to the American Ornithologists' Union Check-list of North American Birds. Auk 122:1026-1031

Barber, B. R., J. E. MartÌnez-GÛmez, and A. T. Peterson. 2004. Systematic position of the Socorro Mockingbird Mimodes graysoni. Journal of Avian Biology 35:195-198

The Socorro Mockingbird is critically endangered, with a total population of fewer than 400 birds. Conservation efforts are underway to assess the threats to the species, and to manage the surviving population.

BirdLife International Fact Sheet (2005 IUCN Red Data List)

This web site provides information about the biology and conservation status of this unique bird species.