Hispaniolan Mango
A species of Mangos Scientific name : Anthracothorax dominicus Genus : Mangos
Hispaniolan Mango, A species of Mangos
Botanical name: Anthracothorax dominicus
Genus: Mangos
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Description General Info
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Description
Females and young birds are white-gray breasted. Adult females has red-terracota colored tail with small white tips at the end.
Size
13 cm
Colors
Brown
Black
Green
Red
Bronze
Gray
Nest Placement
Tree
Feeding Habits
Hispaniolan Mango primarily feeds on nectar, supplementing its diet with small invertebrates. Utilizing a specialized hovering technique, hispaniolan Mango exhibits a preference for foraging from a variety of flowering plants, displaying unique adaptability to local floral resources.
Habitat
Hispaniolan Mango's habitat extends across tropical regions, favoring semi-arid zones and broadleaf forests. Comfortably occupying elevations from sea level to 2,600 meters, hispaniolan Mango is versatile in habitat selection, adapting from subtropical dry and moist lowland forests to urban and agricultural areas, including gardens and shade-coffee plantations. Its presence in arid shrubby landscapes and, less frequently, in pine forests above 1,100 meters, demonstrates its adaptability.
Dite type
Nectivorous
General Info
Feeding Habits
Bird food type
Behavior
It is known to be rather quiet, and is the primary pollinator for the flowers H. bihai and H. caribaea.
Species Status
Not globally threatened.
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Scientific Classification
Phylum
Chordates Class
Birds Order
Swifts and hummingbirds Family
Hummingbirds Genus
Mangos Species
Hispaniolan Mango