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Green-breasted Mango

Anthracothorax prevostiiOrder: APODIFORMESFamily: Hummingbirds (Trochilidae)

Green-breasted Mango Breeding Male Portrait
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General

Green-breasted Mango: Medium-sized hummingbird, glittering green overall with decurved, black bill, and purple chin. Slightly notched brown-purple tail has two bronze-green central tail feathers. Female has a black chin, a white-bordered, green median stripe running down breast and belly, and tail feathers have white tips. Immature is similar to female, but shows cinnamon border between the white and green stripes of the underparts.

Range and Habitat

Green-breasted Mango: Local vagrant to southeastern Texas; common in Mexico. Prefers open areas with a few trees, shrubs, plantations, and gardens.

Voice Text

"tsi-si-si-si-si-si-si", "tcik, tcik, tcik"

Interesting Facts

 The scientific name of the Green-breasted Mango commemorates the French naturalist Florent Prévost.

 Young birds are responsible for the majority of occurrences in the United States. The first Green-breasted Mango documented north of Mexico was photographed in coastal Texas in September 1988.

 A group of hummingbirds has many collective nouns, including a “bouquet", "glittering", "hover", "shimmer", and "tune” of hummingbirds.



Author

Gary Owen Dick

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Family Hummingbird (Trochilidae)_blue
Species Anthracothorax prevostii
Length4.75 Inches
Wingspan5.5 Inches

Green-breasted Mango

Green-breasted Mango: Medium-sized hummingbird, glittering green overall with decurved, black bill, and purple chin. The slightly notched brown-purple tail has two bronze-green central tail feathers. Feeds on nectar and insects. Direct and hovering flight with very rapid wing beats.

● Song: "tsi-si-si-si-si-si-si", "tcik, tcik, tcik"

● Foraging & Feeding: Green-breasted Mango: Feeds at high and low levels on nectar; also eats insects, sometimes by hawking.

● Breeding & nesting: Green-breasted Mango: Two white eggs are laid in a nest made of plant down decorated with bark and lichens, and built high near the tip of a bare branch on a leafless or sparsely leaved tree. Incubation ranges from 14 to 18 days and is carried out by the female.

● Similar species: Green-breasted Mango: Broad-billed Hummingbird has a black-tipped red bill and notched blue-black tail.

Flight Pattern

Direct and hovering flight with very rapid wing beats.
Green-breasted Mango Breeding Male Body Illustration
● Range & Habitat: Green-breasted Mango: Local vagrant to southeastern Texas; common in Mexico. Prefers open areas with a few trees, shrubs, plantations, and gardens.
BreedingSolitary nester
PopulationCasual to rare
MigrationNonmigratory
Weight0.2 Ounces