Blue-and-white Mockingbird (Melanotis hypoleucus)

Family
Mimidae (Mockingbirds And Thrashers)

Size
25 cm

First Described (Guide)
Hartlaub, 1852

Habitat
Subtropical and tropical montane moist forest. From 900 - 3,000 m.

Range (Guide)

El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico.

South-eastern Mexico (Chiapas) east to Honduras and northern El Salvador.

Rarity Status
Currently this species is not classified as a rarity in this country OR information has not been updated.

Population
Estimated population is 20,000 - 49,999 (2010).

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (6)...)

Blue-and-white Mockingbird (Melanotis hypoleucus) [XC233013]
by John van Dort from Cerro Alux, Sacatep\u00e9quez, Guatemala (song)

Blue-and-white Mockingbird (Melanotis hypoleucus) [XC260220]
by Guillermo Funes from Huitepec Ecological Reserve, Chiapas, Mexico (call)

Subspecies
No subspecies.

Probably forms a superspecies with Blue Mockingbird (Melanotis caerulescens) and was in the past sometimes considered conspecific, but this view based on aberrant specimens of subspecies longirostris of Blue Mockingbird (Melanotis caerulescens).

References
See References.

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