Melanotis

Melanotis
Melanotis caerulescens
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Passeriformes
Family:	Mimidae
Genus:	Melanotis Bonaparte, 1850
Species
M. caerulescens M. hypoleucus

Melanotis is a genus of bird in the Mimidae family. It contains the following species:

• Blue Mockingbird (Melanotis caerulescens)
• Blue-and-white Mockingbird (Melanotis hypoleucus)

Taxonomy

The word Melanotis is derived from the Ancient Greek roots melano-/μελανο- "black" and ot-/ὠτ- "ear".^[1]

Description

The two Melanotis species are the world's most brightly colored mockingbirds.^[2]

References

1. ^ Liddell, Henry George and Robert Scott (1980). A Greek-English Lexicon (Abridged Edition). United Kingdom: Oxford University Press. pp. 431, 507. ISBN 0-19-910207-4. 
2. ^ Alderfer, Jonathan (2009). National Geographic Complete Birds of the World. National Geographic Books. p. 310. ISBN 1426204035. 

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