The mangos, Anthracothorax, are a non-migratory genus of hummingbirds in the subfamily Trochilinae native to the Neotropics.
| Mangos | |
|---|---|
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| Black-throated mango, Anthracothorax nigricollis | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Clade: | Strisores |
| Order: | Apodiformes |
| Family: | Trochilidae |
| Subfamily: | Polytminae |
| Genus: | Anthracothorax F. Boie, 1831 |
| Type species | |
| Trochilus violicauda[1] Boddaert, 1783 | |
The genus Anthracothorax was introduced by the German zoologist Friedrich Boie in 1831.[2] The type species was subsequently designated as the green-throated mango (Anthracothorax viridigula).[3] The generic name combines the Ancient Greek anthrax meaning "coal" (i.e. black) with thōrax meaning "chest".[4]
A molecular phylogenetic study published in 2014 found that Anthracothorax was paraphyletic with respect to Eulampis.[5][6]
Species
The genus contains eight species:[7]
| Common name | Scientific name and subspecies | Range | Size and ecology | IUCN status and estimated population |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Green-throated mango
| Anthracothorax viridigula (Boddaert, 1783) | Venezuela, Trinidad and the Guianas south to northeastern Brazil. | Size: Habitat: Diet: | LC
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| Green-breasted mango
| Anthracothorax prevostii (Lesson, 1832) | southern Mexico south through Central America | Size: Habitat: Diet: | LC
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| Black-throated mango
| Anthracothorax nigricollis (Vieillot, 1817) | Panama south to northeastern Bolivia, southern Brazil and northern Argentina | Size: Habitat: Diet: | LC
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| Veraguan mango
| Anthracothorax veraguensis Reichenbach, 1855 | Panama, Costa Rica | Size: Habitat: Diet: | LC
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| Hispaniolan mango
| Anthracothorax dominicus (Linnaeus, 1766) | Hispaniola (the Dominican Republic and Haiti) | Size: Habitat: Diet: | LC
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| Puerto Rican mango
| Anthracothorax aurulentus (Audebert & Vieillot, 1801) | Puerto Rico, the British Virgin Islands, and the Virgin Islands, U.S. | Size: Habitat: Diet: | LC
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| Green mango
| Anthracothorax viridis (Audebert & Vieillot, 1801) | Puerto Rico | Size: Habitat: Diet: | LC
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| Jamaican mango
| Anthracothorax mango (Linnaeus, 1758) | Jamaica | Size: Habitat: Diet: | LC
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