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Mockingbirds are a group of New World passerine birds best known for habit of mimicking the songs of other birds, often loudly in rapid succession.
Most species are tropical; the Northern Mockingbird[?] is the type familiar throughout the United States. It is the state bird[?] for several states of the union.
There are 17 species in four genera.
Genus Melanotis
Genus Mimodes
Genus Mimus
Genus Nesomimus (Galápagos Islands)
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