The members of family Mimidae are mimics. The best known and prolific mimic is the mockingbird.

Genus Mimus

Mockingbird, Northern Mimus polyglottos   Found: North America
Photographed by: 1) Derek Plessinge  2 ) Marianne Venegoni   3 - 8) Dick Daniels in North Carolina
1) Juvenile



Mockingbird, Patagonian  Mimus patagonicus  Found: South America
Photographed by: Rich Lindie


Mockingbird, Tropical  Mimus gilvus  Found: Central and South America
Photographed by:  1, 2) Stubblefield Photography on Bonaire in the Dutch Caribbean  3) John A Anderson on Bonaire in the Dutch Caribbean



Mockingbird, Galapagos Nesomimus parvulus   Found: The Galapagos Islands
Photographed by Dick Daniels in the Galapagos Islands



Genus Toxostoma

Thrasher, Brown Toxostoma rufum   Found: North America
Photographed by Dick Daniels in North Carolina



Thrasher, California   Toxostoma redivivum   Found: California
Photographed by Dick Daniels at Half Moon  Bay, California


Thrasher, Curved-bill Toxostoma curvirostre   Found: North America
Photograph by: 1) Chris Queen   2) Norman Bateman  3) John Ennis



Catbird, Gray Dumetella carolinensis   Found: North America, Central America
Photographed by: 1) Steve Byland  2) Dick Daniels in New Hampshire   3) John Ennis  4) Stubblefield Photography in New York