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==Identification==
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==Identification==  
Dark blue-grey, black mask.
 
 
==Distribution==
 
==Distribution==
 
Essentially endemic to [[Mexico]], ranging from southern [[Sonora]] in the west and southern [[Tamaulipas]] in the east, south to [[Oaxaca]], though there have been a few records in the [[US]].
 
Essentially endemic to [[Mexico]], ranging from southern [[Sonora]] in the west and southern [[Tamaulipas]] in the east, south to [[Oaxaca]], though there have been a few records in the [[US]].

Revision as of 18:25, 1 January 2020

Photo © by mtbirder
East of Puerto Vallarta, México, April, 2019
Melanotis caerulescens

Identification

Distribution

Essentially endemic to Mexico, ranging from southern Sonora in the west and southern Tamaulipas in the east, south to Oaxaca, though there have been a few records in the US.

Taxonomy

Subspecies[1]

There are 2 subspecies:

  • M. c. longirostris:
  • Tres Marías Islands (off western Mexico)
  • M. c. caerulescens:
  • Oak-pine zone of western Mexico (southern Sonora to Isthmus of Tehuántepec)

Habitat

Scrub, pine forest, oak scrub and thorn forest. Tropical deciduous forest.

Behaviour

Diet

The diet includes fruit and insects.

References

  1. Clements, JF. 2009. The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World. 6th ed., with updates to December 2009. Ithaca: Cornell Univ. Press. ISBN 978-0801445019.

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