Green-breasted Mango

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Anthracothorax prevostii

Photo by Greg Lavaty
Tamaulipas, Mexico, April 2008

Photo by zerb21
Photographed: Guanacaste province, Costa Rica

Distribution

Central America and South America
Central America]: Mexico, Guatemala, Belize, El Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Panama
Caribbean: Greater Antilles, Bahamas
South America: Colombia, Venezuela, Ecuador, Peru

Taxonomy

Female
Photo by Marian Alvarez
Rancho Naturalista, Costa Rica, August, 2006

Subspecies^[1]

• A. p. prevostii :

• Eastern Mexico to Guatemala, Belize and El Salvador

• A. p. gracilirostris:

• El Salvador and Honduras to central Costa Rica

• A. p. hendersoni (pinchoti):

• Isla Providéncia and Isla San Andrés (off east Nicaragua)

• A. p. viridicordatus:

• Extreme north-eastern Colombia (Guajira Pen.) and coastal northern Venezuela

• A. p. iridescens:

• Western Colombia (Cauca Valley) to western Ecuador and north-western Peru

Habitat

Midland forest and forest edges, banana and aloe vera plantations; open country, pasture

References

1. Clements, JF. 2008. The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World. 6th ed., with updates to December 2008. Ithaca: Cornell Univ. Press. ISBN 978-0801445019.
2. Avibase

• List of references

Recommended Citation

• BirdForum Opus contributors. (2024) Green-breasted Mango. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 13 June 2024 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Green-breasted_Mango

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