Black-throated mango
Anthracothorax nigricollis (Vieillot, 1817)
The black-throated mango (Anthracothorax nigricollis) is a species in the family Trochilidae, order Apodiformes. Recorded adults weigh 7 g to 7.45 g. Its IUCN Red List status is Least Concern.

Quick facts about the black-throated mango
- Weight
- 7 g – 7.45 gsrc for Weight
- Length
- Not recorded
- Lifespan
- Not recorded
- Diet
- Nectarivoresrc for Diet
- Main food
- Not recorded
- Habitat
- shrublandsrc for Habitat
- Egg incubation
- 16.5 dayssrc for Egg incubation
- Young per litter or clutch
- 2src for Young per litter or clutch
- Litters or clutches a year
- 2.5src for Litters or clutches a year
- Lifestyle
- Aerialsrc for Lifestyle
- Migration
- Sedentarysrc for Migration
- Conservation status
- Least Concern (IUCN)src for Conservation status
- Countries on record
- Not recorded
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Where does the black-throated mango live?
Not recorded
What is the black-throated mango?
The black-throated mango (Anthracothorax nigricollis) is a species in subfamily Polytminae of the hummingbird family Trochilidae. It is found in Panama, in every mainland South American country except Chile, and in Trinidad and Tobago.
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Is the black-throated mango endangered?
The black-throated mango is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List: it is not currently at risk of extinction.
- LCLeast Concern
- NTNear Threatened
- VUVulnerable
- ENEndangered
- CRCritically Endangered
- EWExtinct in the Wild
- EXExtinct
Category via Wikidata (CC0). Find the full assessment on the IUCN Red List. See all Least Concern species. What the categories mean.
How is the black-throated mango classified?
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumChordata
- classAves
- orderApodiformes
- familyTrochilidae
- genusAnthracothorax
- SpeciesAnthracothorax nigricollis (Vieillot, 1817)
Synonyms Trochilus nigricollis
Other names and names in other languages (32)
- colibrí mango golanegreCatalan
- kolibřík tropickýCzech
- mango gyddfdduWelsh
- Sortbrystet MangoDanish
- Schwarzbrust-MangokolibriGerman
- SchwarzkehlmangoGerman
- nigragorĝa mangokolibroEsperanto
- Mango GorginegroSpanish
- Mango de Garganta NegraSpanish
- Mango gorjinegroSpanish
- Mango pechinegroSpanish
- Picaflor vientre negroSpanish
- mustahohtokolibriFinnish
- Mango à cravate noireFrench
- crnoprsi kolibrićCroatian
- feketetorkú mangókolibriHungarian
- Mango golaneraItalian
- ムナグロマンゴーハチドリJapanese
- juodagurklis mangasLithuanian
- ZwartkeelmangoDutch
- svartbrystmangoNorwegian
- węglik czarnogardłyPolish
- colibri-de-gravata-pretaPortuguese
- beija-flor-de-veste-pretaPortuguese
- Черногорлый мангоRussian
- jagavička čiernohrdláSlovak
- Crnogrli mango-kolibriSerbian
- svartstrupig mangoSwedish
- Kara Gerdanlı MangoTurkish
- колібрі-манго чорногорлийUkrainian
- 黑喉芒果蜂鳥Chinese
- 黑喉芒果蜂鸟Chinese
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Relatives of the black-throated mango
Other species in the same genus Anthracothorax.

Hispaniolan mango
Anthracothorax dominicus

Green-throated mango
Anthracothorax viridigula

Green mango
Anthracothorax viridis

Jamaican mango
Anthracothorax mango

Green-breasted mango
Anthracothorax prevostii

Veraguan mango
Anthracothorax veraguensis
CompareBlack-throated mango vs Hispaniolan mangoBlack-throated mango vs Green-throated mangoBlack-throated mango vs Green mangoBlack-throated mango vs Jamaican mango
Common questions
Answered only where our data holds the answer.
How big is the black-throated mango?
An adult black-throated mango weighs 7 g – 7.45 g, according to values recorded on Wikidata.
Is the black-throated mango endangered?
The black-throated mango is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List, meaning it is not currently at risk of extinction.
What kind of animal is the black-throated mango?
The black-throated mango (Anthracothorax nigricollis) belongs to the family Trochilidae in the order Apodiformes.
Sources and how to cite this page
Data as of 2026-11-11. How this page is put together.
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Myhrvold, N.P., Baldridge, E., Chan, B., Sivam, D., Freeman, D.L. & Ernest, S.K.M. (2015) An amniote life-history database to perform comparative analyses with birds, mammals, and reptiles. Ecology 96: 3109. https://doi.org/10.1890/15-0846R.1. Data: https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.3563457.v1 - AVONET: morphological, ecological and geographical data for all birds · CC BY 4.0 · v7
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