Blue Mockingbird Melanotis caerulescens Scientific name definitions
- LC Least Concern
- Names (19)
- Subspecies (2)
Haley Vaseghi, Carlos A. Soberanes-González, Claudia I. Rodríguez-Flores, and Marîa del Coro Arizmendi
Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020
Text last updated December 24, 2014
Text last updated December 24, 2014
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Species names in all available languages
Language | Common name |
---|---|
Catalan | mim blau |
Dutch | Blauwe Spotlijster |
English | Blue Mockingbird |
English (United States) | Blue Mockingbird |
French | Moqueur bleu |
French (France) | Moqueur bleu |
German | Blauspottdrossel |
Japanese | アオマネシツグミ |
Norwegian | blåspottefugl |
Polish | przedrzeźniacz błękitny |
Russian | Синий пересмешник |
Serbian | Plava rugalica |
Slovak | drozdec modrý |
Spanish | Mulato Azul |
Spanish (Mexico) | Mulato Azul |
Spanish (Spain) | Mulato azul |
Swedish | blå härmtrast |
Turkish | Mavi Taklitçi |
Ukrainian | Пересмішник синій |
Melanotis caerulescens (Swainson, 1827)
PROTONYM:
Orpheus caerulescens
Swainson, 1827. The Philosophical Magazine, New Series n.s., 1, p.369.
TYPE LOCALITY:
Mexico .
SOURCE:
Avibase, 2023
Definitions
- MELANOTIS
- melanotis
- caerulescens
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