How big is a Blue Mockingbird?

The Blue Mockingbird is a medium sized bird weighing about 62 g.

Where can you see a Blue Mockingbird?

The Blue Mockingbird occurs in 2 countries, including Mexico.

What birds look similar to a Blue Mockingbird?

The Blue Mockingbird is most easily confused with the Blue-and-white Mockingbird.

Is the Blue Mockingbird endangered?

The Blue Mockingbird is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List.

Blue Mockingbird

Melanotis caerulescens

Mockingbirds and Thrashers · Passeriformes · Uncommon

The Blue Mockingbird (Melanotis caerulescens) is a uncommon mockingbirds and thrasher found in 2 countries, weighing about 62 g. The blue mockingbird is a species of bird in the family Mimidae.

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Blue Mockingbird (Melanotis caerulescens), photo 1 — Photo: datadan · http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Blue Mockingbird (Melanotis caerulescens), photo 2 — Photo: datadan · http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Blue Mockingbird (Melanotis caerulescens), photo 3 — Photo: Javier Hernandez · http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Blue Mockingbird (Melanotis caerulescens), photo 4 — Photo: Forest Botial-Jarvis · http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Blue Mockingbird (Melanotis caerulescens), photo 5 — Photo: Forest Botial-Jarvis · http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Blue Mockingbird (Melanotis caerulescens), photo 6 — Photo: Martín Márquez · CC BY 4.0

Blue Mockingbird (Melanotis caerulescens), photo 7 — Photo: Nicolas Huet / Jean Gabriel Prêtre · Public domain

Blue Mockingbird (Melanotis caerulescens), photo 8 — Photo: Buffon, Georges Louis Leclerc; Huet, Nicholas.; Laugier de Chartrouse, Guillaume Michel Jerôme Meiffren; Prêtre, J. G.; Temminck, C. J. · Public domain

Blue Mockingbird (Melanotis caerulescens), photo 9 — Photo: datadan · http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Blue Mockingbird (Melanotis caerulescens), photo 10 — Photo: Forest Botial-Jarvis · http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

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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How to identify it

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.

Where it lives

Mexico

Recorded as a rare visitor in United States.

When to see it

Best months: January, February, March, April, May, June, July, August, October, November, December, with peak activity in March. It is a resident species across most of its range.

Easily confused with

Blue-and-white MockingbirdMelanotis hypoleucus

Quick questions

How do you identify a Blue Mockingbird?: 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. Full identification notes are on this page.
How big is a Blue Mockingbird?: The Blue Mockingbird is a medium sized bird weighing about 62 g.
Where can you see a Blue Mockingbird?: The Blue Mockingbird occurs in 2 countries, including Mexico.
What birds look similar to a Blue Mockingbird?: The Blue Mockingbird is most easily confused with the Blue-and-white Mockingbird.
Is the Blue Mockingbird endangered?: The Blue Mockingbird is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List.

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