Green Mango

Anthracothorax viridis (Audebert & Vieillot, 1801)

Spanish: Mango Puertorriqueño Verde

The Green Mango (Anthracothorax viridis) is a hummingbird in the subfamily Polytminae (mangoes). It weighs about 6.6 g and its bill is 26.2 mm long. It is found only in Puerto Rico. Its IUCN Red List status is Least concern, with a stable population.

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At a glance

Weight

6.6 g, about 7 paperclips

Bill

26.2 mm

Lives in

Forest

Moves

Stays put all year

Red List status

Least concern, stable

Endemic

Found only in Puerto Rico

Its place in the family

1. Family Trochilidae hummingbirds
2. Subfamily Polytminae mangoes
3. Genus Anthracothorax mangos

Where it lives · 1 country

• Puerto Rico

Others in the genus Anthracothorax

• Puerto Rican Mango Anthracothorax aurulentus
• Hispaniolan Mango Anthracothorax dominicus
• Veraguan Mango Anthracothorax veraguensis
• Green-breasted Mango Anthracothorax prevostii
• Green-throated Mango Anthracothorax viridigula
• Black-throated Mango Anthracothorax nigricollis
• Jamaican Mango Anthracothorax mango

Sources

Names: eBird/Clements Checklist (Cornell Lab of Ornithology). Groups: Dickinson & Remsen (2013) and McGuire et al. (2014). Weight, bill, habitat and movement: AVONET (Tobias et al. 2022, CC BY 4.0). Countries: BirdLife International DataZone, checked against eBird records via GBIF. Red List status and trend: BirdLife International, the IUCN Red List authority for birds.

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