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Blue Mockingbird

Melanotis caerulescens

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Mexico.January 175, February 189, March 351, April 528, May 412, June 294, July 293, August 128, September 90, October 134, November 110, December 136.
Mexico2,840
United States1,996
Texas960
Jalisco956
New Mexico786
Michoacan de Ocampo278
Guanajuato271
Mexico234
Oaxaca223
Arizona218

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Traits

Behavioral

  • MimicCan mimic sounds or other speciesChecked by the maintainer
  • VocalKnown for distinctive calls, songs, or vocalizationsFrom its classification

Dietary

Group and habits

Classification

KingdomAnimals · Animalia
PhylumChordates · Chordata
ClassBirds · Aves
OrderPerching Birds · Passeriformes
FamilyMockingbirds and Thrashers · Mimidae
GenusBlue Mockingbirds · Melanotis

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