The blue mockingbird is a species of bird in the family Mimidae. It is endemic to Mexico, but has occurred as a vagrant in the southern United States. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forests, subtropical or tropical moist montane forests, and heavily degraded former forest. Source: Wikipedia
Citation:
(Swainson, WJ 1827)
Reference:
Philosophical Mag.
n.s., 1 p.369
Protonym:
Orpheus caerulescens
Type locality:
Mexico .
Link:
https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15530379
Avibase ID:
C4D4159284F45A3E
Avibase ID:
avibase-C4D41592
Short link:
https://avibase.ca/C4D41592
Taxonomic Serial Number:
TSN: 561052
Geographic range:
Authorities recognizing this taxonomic concept:
American Ornithologists' Union 6th edition (1983): Blue Mockingbird ( Melanotis caerulescens) [version 1] |
American Ornithologists' Union 6th edition (incl. 35th suppl.): Blue Mockingbird ( Melanotis caerulescens) [version 1] |
American Ornithologists' Union 6th edition (incl. 36th suppl.): Blue Mockingbird ( Melanotis caerulescens) [version 1] |
American Ornithologists' Union 6th edition (incl. 37th suppl.): Blue Mockingbird ( Melanotis caerulescens) [version 1] |
American Ornithologists' Union 6th edition (incl. 38th suppl.): Blue Mockingbird ( Melanotis caerulescens) [version 1] |
American Ornithologists' Union 6th edition (incl. 39th suppl.): Blue Mockingbird ( Melanotis caerulescens) [version 1] |
American Ornithologists' Union 6th edition (incl. 40th suppl.): Blue Mockingbird ( Melanotis caerulescens) [version 1] |
American Ornithologists' Union 6th edition (incl. 41st suppl.): Blue Mockingbird ( Melanotis caerulescens) [version 1] |
American Ornithologists' Union 7th edition (1998): Blue Mockingbird ( Melanotis caerulescens) [version 1] |
American Ornithologists' Union 7th edition (incl. 42nd suppl.): Blue Mockingbird ( Melanotis caerulescens) [version 1] |
American Ornithologists' Union 7th edition (incl. 43rd suppl.): Blue Mockingbird ( Melanotis caerulescens) [version 1] |
American Ornithologists' Union 7th edition (incl. 44th suppl.): Blue Mockingbird ( Melanotis caerulescens) [version 1] |
American Ornithologists' Union 7th edition (incl. 45th suppl.): Blue Mockingbird ( Melanotis caerulescens) [version 1] |
American Ornithologists' Union 7th edition (incl. 46th suppl.): Blue Mockingbird ( Melanotis caerulescens) [version 1] |
American Ornithologists' Union 7th edition (incl. 47th suppl.): Blue Mockingbird ( Melanotis caerulescens) [version 1] |
American Ornithologists' Union 7th edition (incl. 48th suppl.): Blue Mockingbird ( Melanotis caerulescens) [version 1] |
American Ornithologists' Union 7th edition (incl. 49th suppl.): Blue Mockingbird ( Melanotis caerulescens) [version 1] |
American Ornithologists' Union 7th edition (incl. 50th suppl.): Blue Mockingbird ( Melanotis caerulescens) [version 1] |
American Ornithologists' Union 7th edition (incl. 51st suppl.): Blue Mockingbird ( Melanotis caerulescens) [version 1] |
American Ornithologists' Union 7th edition (incl. 52nd suppl.): Blue Mockingbird ( Melanotis caerulescens) [version 1] |
American Ornithologists' Union 7th edition (incl. 53rd suppl.): Blue Mockingbird ( Melanotis caerulescens) [version 1] |
American Ornithologists' Union 7th edition (incl. 54th suppl.): Blue Mockingbird ( Melanotis caerulescens) [version 1] |
American Ornithologists' Union 7th edition (incl. 55th suppl.): Blue Mockingbird ( Melanotis caerulescens) [version 1] |
American Ornithologists' Union 7th edition (incl. 56th suppl.): Blue Mockingbird ( Melanotis caerulescens) [version 1] |
American Ornithologists' Union 7th edition (incl. 57th suppl.): Blue Mockingbird ( Melanotis caerulescens) [version 1] |
American Ornithologists' Society 7th edition (incl. 58th suppl.): Blue Mockingbird ( Melanotis caerulescens) [version 1] |
American Ornithologists' Society 7th edition (incl. 59th suppl.): Blue Mockingbird ( Melanotis caerulescens) [version 1] |
American Ornithologists' Society 7th edition (incl. 60th suppl.): Blue Mockingbird ( Melanotis caerulescens) [version 1] |
American Ornithologists' Society 7th edition (incl. 61st suppl.): Blue Mockingbird ( Melanotis caerulescens) [version 1] |
American Ornithologists' Society 7th edition (incl. 61st suppl. and addendum): Blue Mockingbird ( Melanotis caerulescens) [version 1] |
American Ornithologists' Society 7th edition (incl. 62nd suppl.): Blue Mockingbird ( Melanotis caerulescens) [version 1] |
American Ornithologists' Society 7th edition (incl. 63rd suppl.): Blue Mockingbird ( Melanotis caerulescens) [version 1] |
American Ornithologists' Society 7th edition (incl. 64th suppl.): Blue Mockingbird ( Melanotis caerulescens) [version 1] |
American Ornithologists' Society 7th edition (incl. 65th suppl.): Blue Mockingbird ( Melanotis caerulescens) |
Avibase taxonomic concepts (current): Blue Mockingbird ( Melanotis caerulescens) [version 1] |
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2023 (May 2023): Blue Mockingbird ( Melanotis caerulescens) [version 1] |
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2024 (Oct 2024): Blue Mockingbird ( Melanotis caerulescens) [version 1] |
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 01 (August 2013): Blue Mockingbird ( Melanotis caerulescens) [version 1] |
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 02 (May 2014): Blue Mockingbird ( Melanotis caerulescens) [version 1] |
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 03 (March 2015): Blue Mockingbird ( Melanotis caerulescens) [version 1] |
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 04 (Aug 2016): Blue Mockingbird ( Melanotis caerulescens) [version 1] |
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 05 (Jan 2017): Blue Mockingbird ( Melanotis caerulescens) [version 1] |
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 06 (Feb 2018): Blue Mockingbird ( Melanotis caerulescens) [version 1] |
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 07 (Feb 2020): Blue Mockingbird ( Melanotis caerulescens) [version 1] |
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 08 (Feb 2021): Blue Mockingbird ( Melanotis caerulescens) [version 1] |
Birdlife checklist version 00: Blue Mockingbird ( Melanotis caerulescens) [version 1] |
Birdlife checklist version 01: Blue Mockingbird ( Melanotis caerulescens) [version 1] |
Birdlife checklist version 02: Blue Mockingbird ( Melanotis caerulescens) [version 1] |
Birdlife checklist version 03: Blue Mockingbird ( Melanotis caerulescens) [version 1] |
Birdlife checklist version 04: Blue Mockingbird ( Melanotis caerulescens) [version 1] |
Birdlife checklist version 05 (Jun 2012): Blue Mockingbird ( Melanotis caerulescens) [version 1] |
Birdlife checklist version 05.1 (Oct 2012): Blue Mockingbird ( Melanotis caerulescens) [version 1] |
Birdlife checklist version 06 (Nov 2013): Blue Mockingbird ( Melanotis caerulescens) [version 1] |
Birdlife checklist version 06.1 (Feb 2014): Blue Mockingbird ( Melanotis caerulescens) [version 1] |
Birdlife checklist version 07 (Jul 2014): Blue Mockingbird ( Melanotis caerulescens) [version 1] |
Birdlife checklist version 08 (Oct 2015): Blue Mockingbird ( Melanotis caerulescens) [version 1] |
Birdlife checklist version 09 (Dec 2016): Blue Mockingbird ( Melanotis caerulescens) [version 1] |
Birdlife checklist version 09.1 (Jun 2017): Blue Mockingbird ( Melanotis caerulescens) [version 1] |
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v2 (Dec 2017): Blue Mockingbird ( Melanotis caerulescens) [version 1] |
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v3 (Nov 2018): Blue Mockingbird ( Melanotis caerulescens) [version 1] |
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v4 (Dec 2019): Blue Mockingbird ( Melanotis caerulescens) [version 1] |
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v5 (Dec 2020): Blue Mockingbird ( Melanotis caerulescens) [version 1] |
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v6 (Dec 2021): Blue Mockingbird ( Melanotis caerulescens) [version 1] |
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v6b (Jul 2022): Blue Mockingbird ( Melanotis caerulescens) [version 1] |
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v7 (Dec 2022): Blue Mockingbird ( Melanotis caerulescens) [version 1] |
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v8 (Dec 2023): Blue Mockingbird ( Melanotis caerulescens) [version 1] |
Commission internationale pour les noms français des oiseaux (1993, révision 2009): Moqueur bleu ( Melanotis caerulescens) [version 1] |
Commission internationale pour les noms français des oiseaux (1993): Moqueur bleu ( Melanotis caerulescens) [version 1] |
Clements 1st edition: Blue Mockingbird ( Melanotis caerulescens) [version 1] |
Clements, version 2021: Blue Mockingbird ( Melanotis caerulescens) [version 1] |
Clements, version 2022: Blue Mockingbird ( Melanotis caerulescens) [version 1] |
Clements, version 2023: Blue Mockingbird ( Melanotis caerulescens) [version 1] |
Clements 3rd edition: Blue Mockingbird ( Melanotis caerulescens) [version 1] |
Clements 4th edition: Blue Mockingbird ( Melanotis caerulescens) [version 1] |
Clements 5th edition (as published): Blue Mockingbird ( Melanotis caerulescens) [version 1] |
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2000 revisions): Blue Mockingbird ( Melanotis caerulescens) [version 1] |
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2001 revisions): Blue Mockingbird ( Melanotis caerulescens) [version 1] |
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2002 revisions): Blue Mockingbird ( Melanotis caerulescens) [version 1] |
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2003 revisions): Blue Mockingbird ( Melanotis caerulescens) [version 1] |
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2004 revisions): Blue Mockingbird ( Melanotis caerulescens) [version 1] |
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2005 revisions): Blue Mockingbird ( Melanotis caerulescens) [version 1] |
Clements 6th edition: Blue Mockingbird ( Melanotis caerulescens) [version 1] |
Clements 6th edition (incl. 2007 revisions): Blue Mockingbird ( Melanotis caerulescens) [version 1] |
Clements 6th edition (incl. 2008 revisions): Blue Mockingbird ( Melanotis caerulescens) [version 1] |
Clements 6th edition (incl. 2009 revisions): Blue Mockingbird ( Melanotis caerulescens) [version 1] |
Clements 6th edition (version 6.5 incl. 2010 revisions): Blue Mockingbird ( Melanotis caerulescens) [version 1] |
Clements 6th edition (version 6.6 incl. 2011 revisions): Blue Mockingbird ( Melanotis caerulescens) [version 1] |
Clements 6th edition (version 6.7 incl. 2012 revisions): Blue Mockingbird ( Melanotis caerulescens) [version 1] |
Clements 6th edition (version 6.8 incl. 2013 revisions): Blue Mockingbird ( Melanotis caerulescens) [version 1] |
Clements 6th edition (version 6.9 incl. 2014 revisions): Blue Mockingbird ( Melanotis caerulescens) [version 1] |
Clements, version 2015: Blue Mockingbird ( Melanotis caerulescens) [version 1] |
Clements, version 2016: Blue Mockingbird ( Melanotis caerulescens) [version 1] |
Clements, version 2017: Blue Mockingbird ( Melanotis caerulescens) [version 1] |
Clements, version 2018: Blue Mockingbird ( Melanotis caerulescens) [version 1] |
Clements, version 2019: Blue Mockingbird ( Melanotis caerulescens) [version 1] |
eBird version 1.50: Blue Mockingbird ( Melanotis caerulescens) [version 1] |
eBird version 1.52: Blue Mockingbird ( Melanotis caerulescens) [version 1] |
eBird version 1.53: Blue Mockingbird ( Melanotis caerulescens) [version 1] |
eBird version 1.54: Blue Mockingbird ( Melanotis caerulescens) [version 1] |
eBird version 1.55: Blue Mockingbird ( Melanotis caerulescens) [version 1] |
eBird version 2015: Blue Mockingbird ( Melanotis caerulescens) [version 1] |
eBird version 2016: Blue Mockingbird ( Melanotis caerulescens) [version 1] |
eBird version 2017: Blue Mockingbird ( Melanotis caerulescens) [version 1] |
eBird version 2018: Blue Mockingbird ( Melanotis caerulescens) [version 1] |
eBird version 2019: Blue Mockingbird ( Melanotis caerulescens) [version 1] |
eBird version 2021: Blue Mockingbird ( Melanotis caerulescens) [version 1] |
eBird version 2022: Blue Mockingbird ( Melanotis caerulescens) [version 1] |
eBird version 2023: Blue Mockingbird ( Melanotis caerulescens) [version 1] |
Howard and Moore 2nd edition: Blue Mockingbird ( Melanotis caerulescens) [version 1] |
Howard and Moore 2nd edition (incl. ? suppl): Blue Mockingbird ( Melanotis caerulescens) [version 1] |
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (as published): Blue Mockingbird ( Melanotis caerulescens) [version 1] |
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 1.2): Blue Mockingbird ( Melanotis caerulescens) [version 1] |
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 2.1): Blue Mockingbird ( Melanotis caerulescens) [version 1] |
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 3.1): Blue Mockingbird ( Melanotis caerulescens) [version 1] |
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 4): Blue Mockingbird ( Melanotis caerulescens) [version 1] |
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 5): Blue Mockingbird ( Melanotis caerulescens) [version 1] |
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 6): Blue Mockingbird ( Melanotis caerulescens) [version 1] |
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 7): Blue Mockingbird ( Melanotis caerulescens) [version 1] |
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 8): Blue Mockingbird ( Melanotis caerulescens) [version 1] |
Howard and Moore 4th edition (vol. 1-2): Blue Mockingbird ( Melanotis caerulescens) [version 1] |
Howard and Moore 4th edition (incl. corrigenda vol.1-2): Blue Mockingbird ( Melanotis caerulescens) [version 1] |
Handbook of the Birds of the World (vol 1-16): Blue Mockingbird ( Melanotis caerulescens) [version 1] |
Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (31/01/2015): Blue Mockingbird ( Melanotis caerulescens) [version 1] |
Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (03/07/2017): Blue Mockingbird ( Melanotis caerulescens) [version 1] |
Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2017): Blue Mockingbird ( Melanotis caerulescens) [version 1] |
Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2018): Blue Mockingbird ( Melanotis caerulescens) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 1.0: Blue Mockingbird ( Melanotis caerulescens) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 1.1: Blue Mockingbird ( Melanotis caerulescens) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 1.5: Blue Mockingbird ( Melanotis caerulescens) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 1.6: Blue Mockingbird ( Melanotis caerulescens) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 1.7: Blue Mockingbird ( Melanotis caerulescens) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.0: Blue Mockingbird ( Melanotis caerulescens) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.1: Blue Mockingbird ( Melanotis caerulescens) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.2: Blue Mockingbird ( Melanotis caerulescens) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.3: Blue Mockingbird ( Melanotis caerulescens) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.4: Blue Mockingbird ( Melanotis caerulescens) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.5: Blue Mockingbird ( Melanotis caerulescens) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.6: Blue Mockingbird ( Melanotis caerulescens) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.7: Blue Mockingbird ( Melanotis caerulescens) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.8: Blue Mockingbird ( Melanotis caerulescens) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.9: Blue Mockingbird ( Melanotis caerulescens) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.10: Blue Mockingbird ( Melanotis caerulescens) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.11: Blue Mockingbird ( Melanotis caerulescens) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 3.1: Blue Mockingbird ( Melanotis caerulescens) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 3.2: Blue Mockingbird ( Melanotis caerulescens) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 3.3: Blue Mockingbird ( Melanotis caerulescens) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 3.4: Blue Mockingbird ( Melanotis caerulescens) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 3.5: Blue Mockingbird ( Melanotis caerulescens) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 4.1: Blue Mockingbird ( Melanotis caerulescens) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 4.2: Blue Mockingbird ( Melanotis caerulescens) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 4.3: Blue Mockingbird ( Melanotis caerulescens) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 4.4: Blue Mockingbird ( Melanotis caerulescens) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 5.1: Blue Mockingbird ( Melanotis caerulescens) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 5.2: Blue Mockingbird ( Melanotis caerulescens) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 5.3: Blue Mockingbird ( Melanotis caerulescens) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 5.4: Blue Mockingbird ( Melanotis caerulescens) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 6.1: Blue Mockingbird ( Melanotis caerulescens) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 6.2: Blue Mockingbird ( Melanotis caerulescens) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 6.3: Blue Mockingbird ( Melanotis caerulescens) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 6.4: Blue Mockingbird ( Melanotis caerulescens) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 7.1: Blue Mockingbird ( Melanotis caerulescens) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 7.2: Blue Mockingbird ( Melanotis caerulescens) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 7.3: Blue Mockingbird ( Melanotis caerulescens) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 8.1: Blue Mockingbird ( Melanotis caerulescens) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 8.2: Blue Mockingbird ( Melanotis caerulescens) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 9.1: Blue Mockingbird ( Melanotis caerulescens) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 9.2: Blue Mockingbird ( Melanotis caerulescens) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 10.1: Blue Mockingbird ( Melanotis caerulescens) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 10.2: Blue Mockingbird ( Melanotis caerulescens) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 11.1: Blue Mockingbird ( Melanotis caerulescens) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 11.2: Blue Mockingbird ( Melanotis caerulescens) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 12.1: Blue Mockingbird ( Melanotis caerulescens) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 12.2: Blue Mockingbird ( Melanotis caerulescens) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 13.1: Blue Mockingbird ( Melanotis caerulescens) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 13.2: Blue Mockingbird ( Melanotis caerulescens) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 14.1: Blue Mockingbird ( Melanotis caerulescens) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 14.2: Blue Mockingbird ( Melanotis caerulescens) [version 1] |
Morony, Bock and Farrand: Blue Mockingbird ( Melanotis caerulescens) [version 1] |
Peters' Check-list of the Birds: Melanotis caerulescens [version 1] |
Peters' Check-list of the Birds (original): Melanotis caerulescens [version 1] |
Peters' Check-list of the Birds (2nd edition): Melanotis caerulescens [version 1] |
Sibley and Monroe (1993): Blue Mockingbird ( Melanotis caerulescens) [version 1] |
Sibley and Monroe (1993, including corrections up to 1998): Blue Mockingbird ( Melanotis caerulescens) [version 1] |
Sibley and Monroe, Birds of the World Version 2.0: Blue Mockingbird ( Melanotis caerulescens) [version 1] |
Working Group Avian Checklists, version 0.01: Blue Mockingbird ( Melanotis caerulescens) [version 1] |
Working Group Avian Checklists, version 0.02: Blue Mockingbird ( Melanotis caerulescens) [version 1] |
Working Group Avian Checklists, version 0.03: Blue Mockingbird ( Melanotis caerulescens) [version 1] |
Working Group Avian Checklists, version 0.04 (7/07/2024): Blue Mockingbird ( Melanotis caerulescens) [version 1] |
Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource: Melanotis caerulescens [version 1] |
Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource: Melanotis caerulescens [version 1] |
Taxonomic status:
Species status: full species
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