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The mangos, Anthracothorax, are a non-migratory genus of hummingbirds in the subfamily Trochilinae native to the Neotropics.

Phylum:Chordata
Class:Aves
Order:Apodiformes
Family:Trochilidae
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Mangos
Black-throated mango, Anthracothorax nigricollis
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Apodiformes
Family: Trochilidae
Subfamily: Polytminae
Genus: Anthracothorax
F. Boie, 1831
Type species
Trochilus violicauda[1]
Boddaert, 1783
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The genus Anthracothorax was introduced by the German zoologist Friedrich Boie in 1831.[2] The type species was subsequently designated as the green-throated mango (Anthracothorax viridigula).[3] The generic name combines the Ancient Greek anthrax meaning "coal" (i.e. black) with thōrax meaning "chest".[4]

A molecular phylogenetic study published in 2014 found that Anthracothorax was paraphyletic with respect to Eulampis.[5][6]

Species

The genus contains eight species:[7]

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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.
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Green-breasted mango

 Anthracothorax prevostii
(Lesson, 1832)

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
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Black-throated mango

 Anthracothorax nigricollis
(Vieillot, 1817)

Two subspecies
  • A. n. nigricollis (Vieillot, 1817)
  • A. n. iridescens (Gould, 1861)
Panama south to northeastern Bolivia, southern Brazil and northern Argentina
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Veraguan mango

 Anthracothorax veraguensis
Reichenbach, 1855		 Panama, Costa Rica
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Hispaniolan mango

 Anthracothorax dominicus
(Linnaeus, 1766)		 Hispaniola (the Dominican Republic and Haiti)
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Puerto Rican mango

 Anthracothorax aurulentus
(Audebert & Vieillot, 1801)		 Puerto Rico, the British Virgin Islands, and the Virgin Islands, U.S.
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Green mango

 Anthracothorax viridis
(Audebert & Vieillot, 1801)		 Puerto Rico
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Jamaican mango

 Anthracothorax mango
(Linnaeus, 1758)		 Jamaica
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