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Melanotis

Melanotis
Blue Mockingbird.jpg
Melanotis caerulescens
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Mimidae
Genus: Melanotis
Bonaparte, 1850
Species

M. caerulescens
M. hypoleucus


M. caerulescens
M. hypoleucus

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

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

The two Melanotis species are the world's most brightly colored mockingbirds.


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