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
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 can be found in a variety of habitats ranging from subtropical or tropical dry forests to moist lowland forests. This bird species adapts to both pristine and heavily degraded environments, including gardens, urban areas, and agricultural landscapes like shade-coffee plantations. Hispaniolan Mango is comfortable in arid shrubby areas as well, thriving from sea level up to 2,600 meters in elevation, although its presence above 1,500 meters often indicates forest degradation. Less commonly, hispaniolan Mango dwells in pine forests above 1,100 meters. Its adaptability to a range of habitats underscores a preference for semi-arid regions and broadleaf forests in broader geographical tropical regions.
Dite type
Nectivorous
General Info
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.
Scientific Classification
Phylum
Chordates Class
Birds Order
Swifts and hummingbirds Family
Hummingbirds Genus
Mangos Species
Hispaniolan Mango 
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