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Genus of birds From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Melanotis is a genus of bird in the family Mimidae. It contains the following species:
Image | Common Name | Scientific name | Distribution |
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Blue mockingbird | Melanotis caerulescens | Mexico | |
Blue-and-white mockingbird | Melanotis hypoleucus | El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, and Mexico | |
Melanotis | |
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Blue mockingbird (Melanotis caerulescens) | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Passeriformes |
Family: | Mimidae |
Genus: | Melanotis Bonaparte, 1850 |
Type species | |
Turdus melanotis[1] Temminck, 1830 | |
Species | |
M. caerulescens |
The word Melanotis is derived from the Ancient Greek roots melano-/μελανο- "black" and ot-/ὠτ- "ear".[2]
The two Melanotis species are the world's most brightly colored mockingbirds.[3]
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