Blue-and-white Mockingbird

Blue-and-white Mockingbird
Conservation status
Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Passeriformes
Family:	Mimidae
Genus:	Melanotis
Species:	M. hypoleucus
Binomial name
Melanotis hypoleucus Hartlaub, 1852

The Blue-and-white Mockingbird (Melanotis hypoleucus) is a species of bird in the Mimidae family. It is found in El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, and south-eastern Mexico. Its natural habitats are dry scrubland, woodland, second growth and forest edges at 1000–3000 m above sea-level.

It is about 25 cm long. It has blue-grey upperparts, white underparts, red eyes and a black mask. The song is high-pitched and rattling.

References

• BirdLife International 2004. Melanotis hypoleucus. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 26 July 2007.
• Peterson, Roger Tory & Edward L. Chalif (1973) A Field Guide to Mexican Birds, Houghton Mifflin.
• van Perlo, Ber (2006) A Field Guide to the Birds of Mexico and Central America, Collins.

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