The Key to Scientific Names
- antimimus
Gr. αντι anti like, corresponding; genus Mimus Boie, 1826, mockingbird (cf. genus Antimimus Sundevall, 1872, thrasher) (syn. Toxostoma rufum).
- Antimimus
(Mimidae; syn. Toxostoma Ϯ Brown Thrasher T. rufum) Gr. αντι anti like, corresponding; genus Mimus Boie, 1826, mockingbird; "Toxostominæ ... Antimimus n. g. (Turd. rufus L, Mimus et Harporh. rufus rec.)." (Sundevall 1872); "Antimimus Sundevall, Meth. Nat. Av. Disp. Tent., p. 13, 1872—type, by monotypy, Turdus rufus Linnaeus." (Hellmayr, 1934, Cat. Birds Americas, Pt. VII, p. 295).
- Leucomimus
(Mimidae; syn. Mimus † Northern Mockingbird M. polyglottos orpheus) Gr. λευκος leukos white, pale; genus Mimus Boie, 1826, mockingbird; "Mimus (Leucomimus). *† Mimus polyglottus (var., dominicus) In the seven specimens from Port au Prince, the external tail feather is white in all. The second is white, with the external portion of external web dusky for about one fifth of the length, not quite reaching the tip" (Bryant 1866); "Leucomimus Bryant, 1866, Proc. Boston Soc. Nat. Hist., 11, p. 68. Type, by monotypy, Mimus polyglottus dominicus, i.e. Turdus dominicus Linnaeus, 1766 = Turdus orpheus Linnaeus, 1758." (JAJ 2021).
- Meridiomimus
(Mimidae; syn. Mimus † Chilean Mockingbird M. thenca) L. meridionalis southern < meridies south; genus Mimus Boie, 1826, mockingbird (AT; see Manuscript-names).
- mimus
L. mimus mimic < Gr. μιμος mimos mimic.
- MIMUS
(Mimidae; Ϯ Northern Mockingbird M. polyglottos) L. mimus mimic < Gr. μιμος mimos mimic; "Hernandez justly calls it the queen of all singing birds. The Indians, by way of eminence or admiration, call it cencontlatolly, or four hundred tongues; and we call it (though not by so elevated a name, yet very properly) the mock-bird, from its wonderful mocking and imitating the notes of all birds, from the humming-bird to the eagle" (Catesby 1731); "LE GRAND MOQUEUR ... MIMUS MAJOR ... il chante très-bien, & imite parfaitement le chant de tous les Oiseaux" (Brisson 1760): based on "Mimus" of Charleton 1668, "Mock-bird" of Catesby 1731, and other references; "Mimus Briss. Turdus polyglottus Lin. enl. 645. u.v.a." (Boie 1826); "Mimus Boie, 1826, Isis von Oken, col. 972. Type, by monotypy, Turdus polyglottos Linnaeus, 1758." (JAJ 2022).
Var. Mimetes, Minus, Memus, Nemus.
Synon. Calandria, Leucomimus, Mimodes, Nesomimus, Orpheus, Skotiomimus.- Nesomimus
(Mimidae; syn. Mimus † San Cristobal Mockingbird M. melanotis) Gr. νησος nēsos island (= Galápagos Is.); genus Mimus Boie, 1826, mockingbird; "1. Nesomimus‡ melanotis (GOULD). ... ‡ Nesomimus, gen. nov. CHAR.—Similar to Mimus BOIE, but bill longer and much more compressed basally, and tarsus much longer (nearly twice as long as middle toe instead of only about one-third longer). Type, Orpheus melanotis GOULD." (Ridgway 1890); "Nesomimus Ridgway, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., 12, p. 102, 1890—type, by orig. desig., Orpheus melanotis Gould." (Hellmayr, 1934, Cat. Birds Americas, Pt. VII, p. 333).
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Scotiomimus (See: Skotiomimus)
Skotiomimus (Mimidae; syn. Mimus † Bahama Mockingbird M. gundlachii) Gr. σκοτιος skotios dark, secret, obscure < σκοτος skotos darkness; genus Mimus Boie, 1826, mockingbird; "(Skotiomimus.) *† Mimus bahamensis Bry." (Bryant 1866); "Skotiomimus Bryant, 1866, Proc. Boston Soc. Nat. Hist., XI, p. 68. Type, by monotypy, Mimus bahamensis Bryant, 1859 = Mimus gundlachii Cabanis, 1855." (JAJ 2021).
Var. Scotiomimus.
