The mangos, Anthracothorax, are a non-migratory genus of hummingbirds in the subfamily Trochilinae native to the Neotropics.
The genus Anthracothorax was introduced by the German zoologist Friedrich Boie in 1831. The type species was subsequently designated as the green-throated mango (Anthracothorax viridigula). The generic name combines the Ancient Greek anthrax meaning "coal" (i.e. black) with thōrax meaning "chest".
A molecular phylogenetic study published in 2014 found that Anthracothorax was paraphyletic with respect to Eulampis.
Species
The genus contains eight species:
Genus Anthracothorax – F. Boie, 1831 – eight species
Common name
Scientific name and subspecies
Range
Size and ecology
IUCN status and estimated population
Green-throated mango
Anthracothorax viridigula (Boddaert, 1783)
Venezuela, Trinidad and the Guianas south to northeastern Brazil.
Size:
Four subspecies
A. p. prevostii (Lesson, 1832)
A. p. gracilirostris Ridgway, 1910
A. p. hendersoni (Cory, 1887)
A. p. viridicordatus Cory, 1913
southern Mexico south through Central America
Size:
Two subspecies
A. n. nigricollis (Vieillot, 1817)
A. n. iridescens (Gould, 1861)
Panama south to northeastern Bolivia, southern Brazil and northern Argentina
Size:
Habitat:
Diet:
LC
Veraguan mango
Anthracothorax veraguensis Reichenbach, 1855
Panama, Costa Rica
Size:
Habitat:
Diet:
LC
Hispaniolan mango
Anthracothorax dominicus (Linnaeus, 1766)
Hispaniola (the Dominican Republic and Haiti)
Size: ...
