Nick Hawkins / Galapagos mockingbird (Mimus parvulus). San Cristobal Island, Galapagos.

Jeff Vanuga / Galapagos mockingbird (Mimus parvulus) perched on cactus. Santa Cruz Island, Galapagos Islands, Ecuador.

David Fleetham / Galapagos mockingbird (Nesomimus parvulus) with moth in its beak, Santa Cruz Island, Galapagos Islands, Ecuador.

Lucas Bustamante / Galapagos mockingbird (Mimus parvulus) perched in tree, Isabela Island, Galapagos.

Tui De Roy / Galapagos Mockingbird (Nesomimus parvulus) on Saddleback Galapagos Tortoise (Chelonoidis nigra hoodensis), Espanola Island, Galapagos Islands, Ecuador

Roy Mangersnes / Galapagos mockingbird (Mimus parvulus) in territorial fight on Genovesa Island, Galapagos.

Tui De Roy / Galapagos mockingbirds (Mimus parvulus) Galapagos

Tui De Roy / Galapagos mockingbirds (Mimus parvulus), Galapagos

Tui De Roy / Galapagos mockingbird (Mimus parvulus), Galapagos

Tui De Roy / Galapagos mockingbird (Mimus parvulus) on lichen covered branches, Galapagos

Francois Savigny / Galapagos mockingbird {Nesomimus parvulus} James Island subspecies, perched between branches, Galapagos

Steve Gettle / Galapagos Mockingbird (Nesomimus parvulus) pair facing off, Galapagos Islands, Ecuador

Steve Gettle / Galapagos Mockingbird (Nesomimus parvulus), Galapagos Islands, Ecuador

Pete Oxford / Galapagos mockingbird (Nesomimus parvulus) landing on tripod of tourist, Galapagos, Endemic.

Ole Jorgen Liodden / Galapagos mockingbird (Mimus parvulus) perched on tree, rear view, Galapagos.

Tui De Roy / Galapagos Mockingbird (Nesomimus parvulus) pair on cactus, Santa Fe Island, Galapagos Islands, Ecuador

Russell Laman / Galapagos Mockingbird (Mimus parvulus) on moss covered branch, Santa Cruz Island, Galapagos Islands, Ecuador

Tui De Roy / Galapagos Mockingbird (Nesomimus parvulus) flying up to large cactus, Tortuga Bay, Santa Cruz Island, Ecuador

Tui De Roy / Galapagos Mockingbird (Nesomimus parvulus), Tortuga Bay, Santa Cruz Island, Ecuador

Tui De Roy / Galapagos mockingbird (Mimus parvulus) Santa Cruz Island

Tui De Roy / Galapagos mockingbird (Mimus parvulus) Isabela Island, Galapagos

Tui De Roy / Marine Iguana (Amblyrhynchus cristatus) pair basking with Galapagos Mockingbird (Nesomimus parvulus), Galapagos Islands, Ecuador

Ole Jorgen Liodden / Galapagos Mockingbird (Mimus / Nesomimus parvulus) on mossy branch. Galapagos

Tim Laman / Galapagos Mockingbird (Nesomimus parvulus) on the ground, Galapagos

Pete Oxford / Galapagos mockingbird (Nesomimus / Mimus parvulus) Santiago Island, Galapagos Islands, endemic.

Pete Oxford / Galapagos mockingbird (Nesomimus / Mimus parvulus) captive, being handled for research purposes, Santiago Island, Galapagos Islands, endemic.

Pete Oxford / Galapagos mockingbird (Nesomimus / Mimus parvulus) captive, being handled for research purposes, Santiago Island, Galapagos Islands, endemic.

Pete Oxford / Galapagos Mockingbird (Nesomimus parvulus), Santa Cruz Island, Galapagos Islands, Ecuador

Tui De Roy / Galapagos Mockingbird (Nesomimus parvulus) on cactus, Galapagos Islands, Ecuador

Pete Oxford / Galapagos Mockingbird (Nesomimus parvulus), Santiago Island, Galapagos Islands, Ecuador

Tom Vezo / Floreana mockingbird portrait {Nesomimus parvulus} Genovesa Island subspecies, Galapagos,

Juan Carlos Munoz / Galapagos mockingbird, Playa Bahía Tortuga, Santa Cruz Island, Galapagos, January

Tim Laman / Galapagos mockingbird (Nesomimus parvulus) standing on the counter of a snack bar. Santa Cruz Island, Galapagos Islands.

Tim Laman / Galapagos mockingbird (Nesomimus parvulus) standing on a branch, Santa Cruz Island, Galapagos Islands.

Mark Moffett / Galapagos Mockingbird (Nesomimus parvulus) with nesting material, Isabella Island, Galapagos Islands, Ecuador

Tui De Roy / Galapagos Mockingbird (Nesomimus parvulus) surveying its territory from atop a Giant Candelabra Cactus (Jasminocereus thouarsii) near fountain vent, Cape Hammond, Fernandina Island, Galapagos Islands,...

Tui De Roy / Galapagos Mockingbird (Nesomimus parvulus) calling, Los Gemelos, Santa Cruz Island, Galapagos Islands, Ecuador

Tui De Roy / Galapagos Mockingbird (Nesomimus parvulus), Los Gemelos, Santa Cruz Island, Galapagos Islands, Ecuador

Paul D Stewart / A Galapagos Mockingbird, from the collection of the Charles Darwin Research Station on Galapagos. While actually on the Beagle voyage, it was the mockinbirds, and not the celebrated finches gave Darwi...

Paul D Stewart / Two Galapagos Mockingbirds (right, upper from Espanola lower from San Cristobal), three Galapagos finch species (upper left) and Yellow Warbler (gold, lower left), from the collection of the Charles D...

Tui De Roy / Galapagos mockingbird (Mimus parvulus), with ruffled feathers, perched on rock. Galapagos Islands, Ecuador.

Tui De Roy / Galapagos mockingbird (Mimus parvulus), with ruffled feathers, perched on rock. Galapagos Islands, Ecuador.

Tui De Roy / Galapagos mockingbird (Mimus parvulus) calling from high branch and Red-footed booby (Sula sula) perched on lower branch. Galapagos Islands, Ecuador.

Lucas Bustamante / Galapagos mockingbird (Mimus parvulus) with chick, Santa Fe Island, Galapagos National Park, Galapagos Islands.

Tui De Roy / Galapagos Mockingbird (Nesomimus parvulus), Los Gemelos, Santa Cruz Island, Galapagos Islands, Ecuador

Tui De Roy / Galapagos Mockingbird (Nesomimus parvulus), Los Gemelos, Santa Cruz Island, Galapagos Islands, Ecuador

Tui De Roy / Galapagos Mockingbird (Nesomimus parvulus), Los Gemelos, Santa Cruz Island, Galapagos Islands, Ecuador

Tui De Roy / Galapagos Mockingbird (Nesomimus parvulus) feeding on snail, Genovesa Island, Galapagos Islands, Ecuador

Tui De Roy / Galapagos Mockingbird (Nesomimus parvulus) feeding on moulting skin from Galapagos Land Iguana (Conolophus subcristatus), Santa Fe Island, Galapagos Islands, Ecuador

Tui De Roy / Galapagos Mockingbird (Nesomimus parvulus) chick with downy feathers, Puerto Ayora, Santa Cruz Island, Galapagos Islands, Ecuador

Tui De Roy / Galapagos mockingbird (Mimus parvulus) perching on a mossy branch, Santa Cruz Island, Galapagos, South America.

Tui De Roy / Galapagos mockingbird (Mimus parvulus) feeding on Tournefortia berries, Santa Cruz Island, Galapagos, South America.

Tui De Roy / Galapagos mockingbird (Mimus parvulus) standing on damp forest floor, Santa Cruz Island, Galapagos, South America.

Tui De Roy / Galapagos mockingbird (Mimus parvulus) standing on damp forest floor, Santa Cruz Island, Galapagos, South America.

Tui De Roy / Galapagos mockingbird (Mimus parvulus), feeding on flightless cricket, Santa Cruz Island, Galapagos Islands.

Tui De Roy / Galapagos mockingbird (Mimus parvulus), on Opuntia cactus flower, Santa Fe Island, Galapagos Islands.

Tui De Roy / Galapagos mockingbird (Mimus parvulus), feeding on Opuntia cactus flower, Santa Fe Island, Galapagos Islands.

Tui De Roy / Galapagos mockingbird (Mimus parvulus), feeding on pieces of dead skin picked from land iguana (Conolophus subcristatus), Santa Fe Island, Galapagos Islands.

Tui De Roy / Galapagos land iguana (Conolophus subcristatus) with Galapagos mockingbird (Mimus parvulus) Fernandina Volcano, Galapagos .

Tui De Roy / Galapagos mockingbird (Mimus parvulus) bathing in photographer Tui De Roy's garden pond. Puerto Ayora, Santa Cruz Island, Galapagos.

Tui De Roy / Espanola saddleback tortoise (Chelonoidis hoodensis), with Galapagos mockingbird (Mimus parvulus) perched on carapace, Espanola Island, Galapagos.

Tui De Roy / Galapagos mockingbird (Mimus parvulus) catching hawkmoth in photographer Tui De Roy's garden, Santa Cruz Island, Galapagos Islands

Tui De Roy / Galapagos mockingbird (Mimus parvulus) fledgling bathing in photographer Tui De Roy's garden, Santa Cruz Island, Galapagos Islands

Tui De Roy / Galapagos mockingbird (Mimus parvulus) parent feeding fledgling in photographer Tui De Roy's garden, Santa Cruz Island, Galapagos Islands

Tui De Roy / Galapagos mockingbird (Mimus parvulus) fledgling in photographer Tui De Roy's garden, Santa Cruz Island, Galapagos Islands

Tui De Roy / Galapagos mockingbird (Mimus parvulus) adult feeding young in photographer Tui De Roy's garden, Santa Cruz Island, Galapagos Islands

Tui De Roy / Galapagos mockingbird (Mimus parvulus) fledgling in photographer Tui De Roy's garden, Santa Cruz Island, Galapagos Islands