Antillean mango
| Antillean mango | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Apodiformes |
| Family: | Trochilidae |
| Genus: | Anthracothorax |
| Species: | A. dominicus |
| Binomial name | |
| Anthracothorax dominicus (Linnaeus, 1766) | |
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| Distribution of Antillean Mango | |
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Trochilus dominicus Linnaeus, 1766 | |
The Antillean mango (Anthracothorax dominicus) is a species of hummingbird in the family Trochilidae. It is found in the Dominican Republic, Haiti, Puerto Rico, the British Virgin Islands, and Virgin Islands, U.S..
The Antillean Mango is endemic to the West Indies.
Females and young birds are white-gray breasted. Adult females has red-terracota colored tail with small white tips at the end. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forest, subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest, and heavily degraded former forest.
References
- ↑ BirdLife International (2012). "Anthracothorax dominicus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2013.2. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 26 November 2013.
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