GREEN-BREASTED MANGO – (Species Account Weblog #30)
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TAXONOMIC TREE: Caprimulgiformes, Trochilidae, Anthracothorax prevostii
The Inexperienced-breasted Mango is a polytypic (a number of varieties or morphs) species with 4 subspecies at the moment acknowledged which might be distributed from japanese Mexico south to northwestern Panama, on a couple of islands within the western Caribbean, and in northeastern Colombia and northern Venezuela. It’s a massive, sturdy hummingbird with a stout, barely curved invoice. The male is primarily deep inexperienced with a purple tail. The feminine and immature are inexperienced above and have whitish median underparts with a darkish central stripe. The older grownup feminine could look extra just like the grownup male. (from Birds of the World).
OBSERVATION ANECDOTES
In Costa Rica we first noticed this species at Rancho Naturalista on the feeders and once more at Chilamate Rainforest Eco Retreat close to Sarapiqui. I first noticed this hummingbird (female and male) whereas visiting Cozumel Island in Quintana Roo, MX and once more in Belize and at Tikal in Guatemala.
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