Melanotis

Melanotis
Blue mockingbird (Melanotis caerulescens)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Passeriformes
Family:	Mimidae
Genus:	Melanotis Bonaparte, 1850
Type species
Turdus melanotis [1] Temminck, 1830
Species
M. caerulescens M. hypoleucus

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

Image	Common name	Scientific name	Distribution
	Blue mockingbird	Melanotis caerulescens	Mexico
	Blue-and-white mockingbird	Melanotis hypoleucus	El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, and Mexico

Etymology

The word Melanotis is derived from the Ancient Greek roots melano-/μελανο- "black" and ot-/ὠτ- "ear". ^[2]

Description

The two Melanotis species are the world's most brightly colored mockingbirds. ^[3]

References

1. "Mimidae". aviansystematics.org. The Trust for Avian Systematics. Retrieved 2023-07-15.
2. Liddell, Henry George and Robert Scott (1980). A Greek-English Lexicon (Abridged ed.). United Kingdom: Oxford University Press. pp.  431, 507. ISBN   0-19-910207-4.
3. Alderfer, Jonathan (2009). National Geographic Complete Birds of the World. National Geographic Books. p. 310. ISBN   978-1-4262-0403-6.