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Mimus polyglottos

Family: MimidaeGenus: Mimusnative in Germany

native in Germany

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Plants

visited

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Interactions

documented

About this species

Mimus polyglottos is a songbird of the family Mimidae, introduced and established in Great Britain. It is an omnivore, with a diet split evenly between fruit and invertebrates, and can live up to 20 years. Adults weigh around 48.5 g and have a wingspan of about 11.2 cm.

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Prey / FoodPlant food

Yearly cycle

Clutches consist of four eggs per brood. Incubation lasts about 12 days, and chicks fledge about 12 to 13 days after hatching. Up to 2.5 broods are possible each year.

Merkmale

Körper

Wingspan

11.23 cm

Weight

48.5 g

Max. Lebensalter

20 Jahre

Fortpflanzung

Wurfgröße / Gelege

4, 2.5× pro Jahr

Bebrütungsdauer

12.2 Tage

Ausflugalter

12.5 Tage

Geschlechtsreife

~1 Jahre

Ernährung & Verhalten

50% Früchte50% Wirbellose

Scientific profile

Family Mimidae. Introduced and established in Great Britain. Adult body mass averages 48.5 g, wingspan about 11.23 cm. Maximum recorded lifespan 20 years. The diet consists of 50 percent fruit and 50 percent invertebrates. Breeding involves clutches of four eggs, incubated for 12.2 days on average. Young fledge roughly 12.5 days after hatching, and up to 2.5 broods can be produced in a year.

Visited plants

9 plants are visited by this species

Prunus serotinaToxicodendron radicansMalus domesticaHelianthus annuusRhus typhinaHippophae rhamnoidesFicus caricaAilanthus altissimaPhytolacca americana

Sources & data origin

•Interaktionsdaten via GloBI (CC-BY 4.0)

•Neff et al. (2025) — Swiss Moth Traits, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.14506883 (CC BY)

•GBIF Backbone Taxonomy — GBIF Secretariat (2024), DOI: 10.15468/39omei (CC BY 4.0)