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| − | [[Image:080121 Blue Mockingbird 6262.jpg|thumb|550px|right|Photo by {{user|Glen+Tepke|Glen Tepke}}<br />Sierra El Tuito, Jalisco, Mexico, 21 January 2008]] | + | [[Image:080121 Blue Mockingbird 6262.jpg|thumb|550px|right|Photo by {{user|Glen+Tepke|Glen Tepke}}<br />Sierra El Tuito, Jalisco, [[Mexico]], 21 January 2008]] |
;[[:Category:Melanotis|Melanotis]] caerulescens | ;[[:Category:Melanotis|Melanotis]] caerulescens | ||
==Identification== | ==Identification== | ||
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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== | ||
| + | ====Subspecies<sup>[[#References|[1]]]</sup>==== | ||
There are 2 subspecies: | There are 2 subspecies: | ||
| − | * ''M c | + | *''M. c. longirostris'': |
| − | * ''M c | + | :*Tres Marías Islands (off western [[Mexico]]) |
| + | *''M. c. caerulescens'': | ||
| + | :*Oak-pine zone of western [[Mexico]] (southern Sonora to Isthmus of Tehuántepec) | ||
==Habitat== | ==Habitat== | ||
| − | Scrub, pine forest, oak scrub and thorn forest. | + | Scrub, pine forest, oak scrub and thorn forest. Tropical deciduous forest. |
==Behaviour== | ==Behaviour== | ||
| + | ====Diet==== | ||
The diet includes fruit and insects. | The diet includes fruit and insects. | ||
| + | ==References== | ||
| + | #{{Ref-Clements6thDec09}} | ||
| + | {{ref}} | ||
==External Links== | ==External Links== | ||
{{GSearch|Melanotis+caerulescens}} | {{GSearch|Melanotis+caerulescens}} | ||
[[Category:Birds]] [[Category:Melanotis]] | [[Category:Birds]] [[Category:Melanotis]] | ||
Revision as of 20:03, 17 June 2010
- 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
Subspecies[1]
There are 2 subspecies:
- M. c. longirostris:
- Tres Marías Islands (off western Mexico)
- M. c. caerulescens:
- Oak-pine zone of western Mexico (southern Sonora to Isthmus of Tehuántepec)
Habitat
Scrub, pine forest, oak scrub and thorn forest. Tropical deciduous forest.
Behaviour
Diet
The diet includes fruit and insects.
References
- Clements, JF. 2009. The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World. 6th ed., with updates to December 2009. Ithaca: Cornell Univ. Press. ISBN 978-0801445019.
Recommended Citation
- BirdForum Opus contributors. (2024) Blue Mockingbird. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 2 May 2024 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Blue_Mockingbird
