Hummingbirds (Trochilidae)
Green-breasted Mango (Anthracothorax prevostii) - HBW 5, p. 558
French: Mango de Prévost
German: Grünbrust-Mangokolibri
Spanish: Mango Pechiverde
Other common names: Green-breasted Hummingbird; Prévost’s Mango (prevostii); Ecuadorian Mango (iridescens)
Taxonomy: Trochilus prevostii Lesson, 1832, Veracruz, Mexico.
Forms superspecies with A. nigricollis and A. veraguensis, and probably also A. viridigula. Very closely related to A. nigricollis, and occasionally regarded as conspecific, the two evidently replacing each other geographically, with at most very local sympatry in N Venezuela, SW Colombia and perhaps elsewhere. Often considered conspecific with A. veraguensis. Race iridescens has alternatively been treated as a race of A. nigricollis, or a full species. Proposed race nigrilineatus of Bay Is (Honduras) now held to be inseparable from g.. View all taxonomy...
Forms superspecies with A. nigricollis and A. veraguensis, and probably also A. viridigula. Very closely related to A. nigricollis, and occasionally regarded as conspecific, the two evidently replacing each other geographically, with at most very local sympatry in N Venezuela, SW Colombia and perhaps elsewhere. Often considered conspecific with A. veraguensis. Race iridescens has alternatively been treated as a race of A. nigricollis, or a full species. Proposed race nigrilineatus of Bay Is (Honduras) now held to be inseparable from gracilirostris; proposed pinchoti of San Andrés I generally regarded as inseparable from hendersoni. Five subspecies currently recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- prevostii (Lesson, 1832) - E & S Mexico S to Guatemala, Belize and (possibly migrants) El Salvador.
- gracilirostris Ridgway, 1910 - El Salvador and Honduras S to C Costa Rica.
- hendersoni (Cory, 1887) - San Andrés I and Providencia I in W Caribbean.
- prevostii (Lesson, 1832) - E & S Mexico S to Guatemala, Belize and (possibly migrants) El Salvador.
- gracilirostris Ridgway, 1910 - El Salvador and Honduras S to C Costa Rica.
- hendersoni (Cory, 1887) - San Andrés I and Providencia I in W Caribbean.
- viridicordatus Cory, 1913 - extreme NE Colombia (Guajira Peninsula) and coastal slope of N Venezuela.
- iridescens (Gould, 1861) - arid upper Cauca Valley (W Colombia), and coastal slope of SW Ecuador and extreme NW Peru.
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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A front view of a female perched. Locality Rancho Naturalista, Cartago Province, Costa Rica (ssp gracilirostris)
Alex García · Videoaves 28 June 2010 2 years ago 38 sec 4.2 -
A front view of a perched male. Locality Rancho Naturalista, Cartago Province, Costa Rica (ssp gracilirostris)
Alex García · Videoaves 28 June 2010 2 years ago 18 sec 4 -
A female at a feeder Locality Turrialba, Cartago Province, Costa Rica (ssp gracilirostris)
Peter Nash 8 March 2002 7 years ago 17 sec 4 -
A female flying Locality Nosara, Guanacaste Province, Costa Rica (ssp gracilirostris)
Max Roth 28 February 2001 7 years ago 9 sec 3.2 -
A male on a wire stretching its wings and tail. Locality Caye Caulker, Belize (ssp prevostii)
Pieter de Groot Boersma 9 August 2005 5 years ago 9 sec 3
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Male perched
Locality Rancho Naturalista, Cartago Province, Costa Rica
Chris and Megan Perkins 17 March 2010 2 years ago 4.1 -
Female feeding on Stachytarpheta sp.flowers.
Locality Morazán, Pérez Zeledón, San José Province, Costa Rica
manuel retana 19 May 2013 4 days ago ADDED LAST WEEK 3.9 -
Female feeding on Stachytarpheta sp.flowers.
Locality Morazán, Pérez Zeledón, San José Province, Costa Rica
manuel retana 16 May 2013 1 week ago ADDED LAST MONTH 3.8 -
Female feeding on Stachytarpheta sp.flowers.
Locality Morazán, Pérez Zeledón, San José Province, Costa Rica
manuel retana 16 May 2013 1 week ago ADDED LAST MONTH 3.6 -
on a branch
Locality Providencia Island, San Andrés y Providencia Department, Colombia
mauricio rueda 9 April 2012 1 year ago 3.6 -
a male perching
Locality Chinandega, Chinandega Department, Nicaragua
Orlando Jarquín G. 2 March 2012 1 year ago 3.4
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