Notes ⁵

These are the things that will just not shut up in the spring at 2am. They sing from the tops of telephone poles and trees, sometimes making short upwards flights in the middle of a phrase. Mimic any sounds, ranging from other birds to frogs to car alarms. Big white patches on both sides of the wings very noticeable in flight.

Sources and Credits

1. (c) MPF, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:2021-05-09_Mimus_polyglottos,_Newbiggin,_Northumberland,_UK_1.jpg
2. Ryan Hagerty , no known copyright restrictions (public domain), http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Mimus_polyglottos1.jpg
3. (c) Manjith Kainickara, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Mimus_polyglottos_-wings_and_back-8.jpg
4. (c) Arthur Chapman, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA), http://www.flickr.com/photos/arthur_chapman/3021712164/
5. (c) sea-kangaroo, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA)

More Info

• iNaturalist NZ taxon page
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