San Cristóbal mockingbird

Weight

50.5 g – 59.5 gsrc for Weight

Length

Not recorded

Lifespan

Not recorded

Diet

Invertivoresrc for Diet

Main food

Not recorded

Habitat

shrublandsrc for Habitat

Young per litter or clutch

4src for Young per litter or clutch

Lifestyle

Terrestrialsrc for Lifestyle

Migration

Sedentarysrc for Migration

Conservation status

Near Threatened (IUCN)src for Conservation status

Countries on record

Not recorded

Not recorded

The san cristóbal mockingbird is listed as Near Threatened on the IUCN Red List: it is close to qualifying as threatened.

1. LCLeast Concern
2. NTNear Threatened
3. VUVulnerable
4. ENEndangered
5. CRCritically Endangered
6. EWExtinct in the Wild
7. EXExtinct

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1. kingdomAnimalia
2. phylumChordata
3. classAves
4. orderPasseriformes
5. familyMimidae
6. genusMimus
7. SpeciesMimus melanotis (Gould, 1837)

Synonyms Mimus melanotis, Nesomimus melanotis, Nesomimus melanotis dierythrus, Nesomimus trifasciatus melanotis, Orpheus melanotis

Catalogue of LifeWikipediaWikidataIUCN Red List

LC, Least Concern

Northern mockingbird

Mimus polyglottos

Mimidae

VU, Vulnerable

Española mockingbird

Mimus macdonaldi

Mimidae

LC, Least Concern

Tropical mockingbird

Mimus gilvus

Mimidae

LC, Least Concern

Chalk-browed mockingbird

Mimus saturninus

Mimidae

LC, Least Concern

Galápagos mockingbird

Mimus parvulus

Mimidae

LC, Least Concern

Brown-backed mockingbird

Mimus dorsalis

Mimidae

CompareSan Cristóbal mockingbird vs Northern mockingbirdSan Cristóbal mockingbird vs Española mockingbirdSan Cristóbal mockingbird vs Tropical mockingbirdSan Cristóbal mockingbird vs Chalk-browed mockingbird

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@misc{san_cristobal_mockingbird_2026,
  title = {San Cristóbal mockingbird (Mimus melanotis)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/san-cristobal-mockingbird},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}