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Blue Mockingbird

Melanotis caerulescens

Least Concern · IUCN Red List

LCLeast ConcernInvertebratesForestCup nestMedium · 62 g
Blue Mockingbird (Melanotis caerulescens), photo 1
Photo: datadan · CC BY 4.0
Blue Mockingbird (Melanotis caerulescens), photo 2
Photo: datadan · CC BY 4.0
Blue Mockingbird (Melanotis caerulescens), photo 3
Photo: Javier Hernandez · CC BY 4.0
Blue Mockingbird (Melanotis caerulescens), photo 4
Photo: Carlos Domínguez-Rodríguez · CC BY 4.0
Blue Mockingbird (Melanotis caerulescens), photo 5
Photo: Carlos Domínguez-Rodríguez · CC BY 4.0
Blue Mockingbird (Melanotis caerulescens), photo 6
Photo: Martín Márquez · CC BY 4.0
Blue Mockingbird (Melanotis caerulescens), photo 7
Photo: datadan · CC BY 4.0
Blue Mockingbird (Melanotis caerulescens), photo 8
Photo: Carlos Domínguez-Rodríguez · CC BY 4.0
Blue Mockingbird (Melanotis caerulescens), photo 9
Photo: Carlos Domínguez-Rodríguez · CC BY 4.0
Blue Mockingbird (Melanotis caerulescens), photo 10
Photo: Carlos Domínguez-Rodríguez · CC BY 4.0

ID tip

Measuring 9.5–10.5 in (24–27 cm) in length, and weighing between 50.2 and 59.7 g (1.77 and 2.11 oz), the blue mockingbird is a medium-sized mimid. Individuals of the subspecies caerulescens have a mean body mass slightly higher than that for individuals of the subspecies longirostris — 63.5 g (2.24 oz) for the former and 59.7 g (2.11 oz) for the latter.

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When to see the Blue Mockingbird

One bar for each month. Filled bars are the 11 months with records; pale bars are months with none. The wide bar is March, the month with the most records.

Where to see the Blue Mockingbird

Regular rangeRare visitor

The map shades 1 country with regular records, and 1 more in a lighter tone where the bird turns up only as a stray. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.

Mexico

Recorded as a rare visitor in United States.

About the Blue Mockingbird

The blue mockingbird is a species of bird in the family Mimidae. It is endemic to Mexico, but has occurred as a vagrant in the southern United States. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forests, subtropical or tropical moist montane forests, and heavily degraded former forest.

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Easily confused with

Blue-and-white Mockingbird (Melanotis hypoleucus) Blue-and-white MockingbirdMelanotis hypoleucusThe blue-and-white mockingbird is 24.2 to 28 cm (9.5 to 11.0 in) long; 20 specimens had a mean mass of 68 g (2.4 oz).

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