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− | [[Image:Green-breasted_Mango.jpg|thumb|550px|right|Photo by {{user|zerb21|zerb21}} <br />[[Guanacaste]], [[Costa Rica]]]] | + | [[Image:Green-breasted_Mango.jpg|thumb|550px|right|Female, notice the pattern of tail is different from male<br />Photo by {{user|zerb21|zerb21}} <br />[[Guanacaste]], [[Costa Rica]]]] |
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Revision as of 14:16, 27 April 2018
- Anthracothorax prevostii
Identification
11–12 cm
Adult male: mostly green, maroon tail, black stripe with blue borders from throat through central breast.
Females differ in having white around the black stripe on underside, and in having white tip and a black subterminal band to tail.
Juvenile as female but with rufous between green and white on undersides.
Similar species
Replaced in Panama by Veraguan Mango which differs by the central stripe being greenish-blue, not black.
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
Veraguan Mango has been split from this species
Subspecies
There are 5 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:
- A. p. iridescens:
Habitat
Midland forest and forest edges, banana and aloe vera plantations; open country, pasture.
Behaviour
Diet
Feeds on nectar and comes to feeders; will probably also catch insects as other Mango's.
References
- Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, D. Roberson, T. A. Fredericks, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2014. The eBird/Clements checklist of birds of the world: Version 6.9., with updates to August 2014. Downloaded from http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
- Avibase
- Ridgely & Gwynne 1989. Birds of Panama. Princeton Paperbacks. ISBN 0691025126
- Garrigues and Dean 2007. The birds of Costa Rica - a field guide. Cornell University Press. ISBN 978-0-8014-7373-9
Recommended Citation
- BirdForum Opus contributors. (2024) Green-breasted Mango. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 8 May 2024 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Green-breasted_Mango