About Mimus melanotis (Gould, 1837)
The San Cristóbal mockingbird, scientifically named Mimus melanotis (Gould, 1837), is 25 to 26 cm (9.8 to 10.2 in) long. Males have an average weight of 53.2 g (1.88 oz), while females average 48 g (1.7 oz). Adult individuals have a thin white supercilium, black lores, and a blackish patch located behind the eye. Their crown and upperparts are grayish brown with some darker streaks. Their wings and tail are dark brown; when folded, the wings display two whitish bars, and the outer tail feathers have whitish tips. Their underparts are mostly whitish, with a buffy tinge on the throat, tiny dark spots on the sides of the breast, and blackish brown streaks on the flanks. Juvenile San Cristóbal mockingbirds are similar in appearance to adults, but have more streaking on their underparts. This species is found only on San Cristóbal Island in the eastern Galápagos. It lives in multiple landscape types across all elevations of the island, including coastal mangroves, open arid lowland scrub, scrubby woodland with scattered trees and cacti, and some taller woodlands. It does not occur in dense lowland forest, tall wet woodland, or grassland.
