Mimus thenca
| Tenca, Chilean mockingbird | |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Mimidae |
| Genus: | Mimus |
| Species: | M. thenca |
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Mimus thenca (Molina, 1782) |
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The Chilean mockingbird (Mimus thenca) locally known as tenca is a species of bird in the Mimidae family. It primarily inhabits Chile's northern half, though there are sightings in Argentina.
Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry shrubland and heavily degraded former forest. An example habitat is the dry shrub and forest of La Campana National Park.
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