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[[Image:Jamaican_Mango.jpg|thumb|550px|right|Photo by Jan Van den Broeck]] | [[Image:Jamaican_Mango.jpg|thumb|550px|right|Photo by Jan Van den Broeck]] | ||
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| − | + | Photo taken: Anchovy, Jamaica | |
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5 ins (13cm). A large hummingbird. Male has reddish-purple cheeks and sides of the neck, velvety black underparts, purplish-blue wings and an iridescent greenish-blue back. Female is similar but duller. | 5 ins (13cm). A large hummingbird. Male has reddish-purple cheeks and sides of the neck, velvety black underparts, purplish-blue wings and an iridescent greenish-blue back. Female is similar but duller. | ||
| − | == | + | Voice is raspy, sharp tics. |
| − | + | ==Distribution== | |
| − | + | Widespread and common endemic to Jamaica. | |
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Gardens, wood edges, clusters of trees. | Gardens, wood edges, clusters of trees. | ||
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==External Links== | ==External Links== | ||
*[http://www.birdforum.net/pp_gallery/showgallery.php?mcats=all&what=allfields&si=jamaican+mango View more images of Jamaican Mango in the gallery] | *[http://www.birdforum.net/pp_gallery/showgallery.php?mcats=all&what=allfields&si=jamaican+mango View more images of Jamaican Mango in the gallery] | ||
[[Category:Birds]] | [[Category:Birds]] | ||
Revision as of 10:09, 4 June 2007
- Anthracothorax mango
Identification
Photo taken: Anchovy, Jamaica 5 ins (13cm). A large hummingbird. Male has reddish-purple cheeks and sides of the neck, velvety black underparts, purplish-blue wings and an iridescent greenish-blue back. Female is similar but duller. Voice is raspy, sharp tics.
Distribution
Widespread and common endemic to Jamaica.
Taxonomy
Habitat
Gardens, wood edges, clusters of trees.
