Mimus is a bird genus in the family Mimidae. It contains the typical mockingbirds. In 2007, the genus Nesomimus was merged into Mimus by the American Ornithologists' Union.^[1]

The following species are placed here:

• Brown-backed Mockingbird, Mimus dorsalis
• Bahama Mockingbird, Mimus gundlachii
• Long-tailed Mockingbird, Mimus longicaudatus
• Patagonian Mockingbird, Mimus patagonicus
• Chilean Mockingbird, Mimus thenca
• White-banded Mockingbird, Mimus triurus
• Northern Mockingbird, Mimus polyglottos
• Socorro Mockingbird, Mimus graysoni
• Tropical Mockingbird, Mimus gilvus
• Chalk-browed Mockingbird, Mimus saturninus

The Nesomimus group includes the following species:

• Hood Mockingbird, Mimus macdonaldi
• Galápagos Mockingbird, Mimus parvulus
• Floreana Mockingbird or Charles Mockingbird, Mimus trifasciatus
• San Cristóbal Mockingbird, Mimus melanotis

The Nesomimus group is endemic to the Galápagos Islands. These mockingbirds were important in Charles Darwin's development of the theory of evolution by natural selection.

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