Blue Mockingbird
Melanotis caerulescens(Swainson, WJ, 1827)
English (US) Blue Mockingbird
The Blue Mockingbird (Melanotis caerulescens) is a bird species documented in the AviList Global Avian Checklist. On BirdGuides.io, 0 professional guides specialise in helping birdwatchers observe this species. It belongs to the family Mimidae (Mockingbirds and Thrashers) in the order Passeriformes.
- Scientific name
- Melanotis caerulescens
- Order
- Passeriformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Blue Mockingbird
- Described by
- (Swainson, WJ, 1827)
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Add Your ExpertiseRecognised subspecies
The AviList checklist recognises 2 subspecies for this species.
- Melanotis caerulescens caerulescens
- Melanotis caerulescens longirostris
Taxonomic history
- First described as
- Orpheus caerulescens
- Described by
- (Swainson, WJ, 1827)
- Type locality
- Mexico .
- Original description
- The Philosophical Magazine, New Series n.s., 1 p.369
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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