Black-throated Mango - BirdForum Opus

Male
Photo by Steve G
Asa Wright Nature Centre, Trinidad, May 2006

Anthracothorax nigricollis

Identification

11–12 cm (4¼-4¾ in)
Male

• Shiny bright green upperparts
• Matt black throat and chest bordered with blue-green
• Bright green flanks
• Black chest tapers onto belly

Female
Photo by Pitter
Cali-Valle, Colombia, February 2009

• Tail: dark central feathers; outer tail wine-red tipped black
• Long black decurved bill
  

Female

• Bronze-green upperparts
• White underparts with black central stripe
  

Immature: Tips of feathers on the head and wings are grey or buff. The area around the eyes is brown.

Similar Species

Green-breasted Mango

Distribution

Juvenile
Photo by Dave_B_Smith
Yerette, Trinidad, April 2011

Central and South America
Central America: Panama,
South America: Colombia, Venezuela, Trinidad and Tobago, Guyana, Suriname, French Guiana, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, Brazil, Paraguay, Uruguay, north-eastern Argentina

Taxonomy

Subspecies

Two subspecies are recognized^[1].

• A. n. nigricollis:

• Panama and Colombia east of the Andes to Bolivia, north-east Argentina and north-east Brazil

• A. n. iridescens:

• Western Ecuador and extreme north-western Peru (Tumbes)

Subspecies iridescens has previously been placed in Green-breasted Mango.

Habitat

Rain forest, second growth forest and gardens; observed at heights between 1100 and 1700 meters.

Behaviour

Diet

The diet includes nectar and insects.

Breeding

It builds a tiny cup nest from seed down, covered on the outside with lichen. The clutch consists of two white eggs which are incubated by the female for 16 or 17 days; fledging takes another 24 days.

Vocalisation

Male
Photo by martinuk
Puerto Iguazu, Misiones Province, Argentina, March 2016

Call: high-pitched tsiuck
Song: a buzzing hsl-hsl-hsl-hsl-hsl-hsl-hsl

References

1. Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, T. A. Fredericks, J. A. Gerbracht, D. Lepage, S. M. Billerman, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2022. The eBird/Clements checklist of Birds of the World: v2022. Downloaded from https://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
2. Gill, F, D Donsker, and P Rasmussen (Eds). 2022. IOC World Bird List (v 12.2) DRAFT. Doi 10.14344/IOC.ML.12.2. http://www.worldbirdnames.org/
3. Avibase
4. Birdforum Member observations
5. Wikipedia

• List of references

Recommended Citation

• BirdForum Opus contributors. (2024) Black-throated Mango. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 20 May 2024 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Black-throated_Mango

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