It has a rather long, slightly graduated tail, and dark blue streaks over its breast.

However, when Charles Lucien Bonaparte moved it to its current genus Melanotis in 1850, most authorities quickly followed suit.

[6] Measuring 9.5–10.5 in (24–27 cm) in length,[7] and weighing between 50.2 and 59.7 g (1.77 and 2.11 oz),[8] the blue mockingbird is a medium-sized mimid.

[7] The blue mockingbird is an omnivore; it feeds primarily on invertebrates, but also on some vegetable matter.

[9] Because of its very large range and sizable population (estimated to number 500,000–4,999,999 individuals), the blue mockingbird is rated as a species of least concern by the International Union for Conservation of Nature.