Green-breasted Mango

Anthracothorax prevostiiOrder: APODIFORMES Family: Hummingbirds (Trochilidae)

Codes: Common Name: GNBM Scientific Name: ANTPRE ITIS Taxonomic No.: 555077

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Overview

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.

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.

Topo Map: Hummingbird-like Body

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.

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Green-breasted Mango

● 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

Hummingbird-like Body

Chin

The area of the face just below the bill.

4 and 6 letter alpha codes

The four letter common name alpha code is is derived from the first two letters of the common first name and the first two letters of common last name. The six letter species name alpha code is derived from the first three letters of the scientific name (genus) and the first three letters of the scientific name (species). See (1) below for the rules used to create the codes..

Four-letter (for English common names) and six-letter (for scientific names) species alpha codes were developed by Pyle and DeSante (2003, North American Bird-Bander 28:64-79) to reflect A.O.U. taxonomy and nomenclature (A.O.U. 1998) as modified by Supplements 42 (Auk 117:847-858, 2000) and 43 (Auk 119:897-906, 2002). The list has been updated by Pyle and DeSante to reflect changes reported by the A.O.U from 2003 through 2006.

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