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[[Image:080121 Blue Mockingbird 6262.jpg|thumb|550px|right|Photo by Glen Tepke<br />Sierra El Tuito, Jalisco, Mexico, 21 January 2008]] | [[Image:080121 Blue Mockingbird 6262.jpg|thumb|550px|right|Photo by Glen Tepke<br />Sierra El Tuito, Jalisco, Mexico, 21 January 2008]] | ||
;[[:Category:Melanotis|Melanotis]] caerulescens | ;[[:Category:Melanotis|Melanotis]] caerulescens | ||
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Dark blue-grey, black mask. | Dark blue-grey, black mask. | ||
==Distribution== | ==Distribution== | ||
| − | Essentially endemic to [[Mexico]], ranging from southern Sonora in the west and southern Tamaulipas in the east, south to Oaxaca, though there have been a few records in the [[US]]. | + | Essentially endemic to [[Mexico]], ranging from southern [[Sonora]] in the west and southern [[Tamaulipas]] in the east, south to [[Oaxaca]], though there have been a few records in the [[US]]. |
==Taxonomy== | ==Taxonomy== | ||
There are 2 subspecies: | There are 2 subspecies: | ||
Revision as of 14:57, 1 June 2009
- Melanotis caerulescens
Identification
Dark blue-grey, black mask.
Distribution
Essentially endemic to Mexico, ranging from southern Sonora in the west and southern Tamaulipas in the east, south to Oaxaca, though there have been a few records in the US.
Taxonomy
There are 2 subspecies:
- M c caerulescens
- M c longirostris
Habitat
Scrub, pine forest, oak scrub and thorn forest.
Behaviour
The diet includes fruit and insects.
