Green mango
Anthracothorax viridis (Audebert & Vieillot, 1801)
The green mango (Anthracothorax viridis) is a species in the family Trochilidae, order Apodiformes. Recorded adults weigh 6.6 g to 6.75 g. Its IUCN Red List status is Least Concern.
Quick facts about the green mango
- Weight
- 6.6 g – 6.75 gsrc for Weight
- Length
- Not recorded
- Lifespan
- Not recorded
- Diet
- Nectarivoresrc for Diet
- Main food
- Not recorded
- Habitat
- forestsrc for Habitat
- Young per litter or clutch
- 2src for Young per litter or clutch
- Lifestyle
- Aerialsrc for Lifestyle
- Migration
- Sedentarysrc for Migration
- Conservation status
- Least Concern (IUCN)src for Conservation status
- Countries on record
- Not recorded
Where does the green mango live?
Not recorded
What is the green mango?
The green mango (Anthracothorax viridis), most commonly known in Spanish as zumbador verde and colibrí verde, is a large species of hummingbird in the subfamily Polytminae, endemic to the main island of Puerto Rico.
From the Wikipedia article “Green mango” (en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Green_mango&oldid=1357242261), by Wikipedia contributors, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0). This block is kept separate from our own text.
Is the green mango endangered?
The green 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.
How is the green mango classified?
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumChordata
- classAves
- orderApodiformes
- familyTrochilidae
- genusAnthracothorax
- SpeciesAnthracothorax viridis (Audebert & Vieillot, 1801)
Synonyms Trochilus virescens, Trochilus viridis
Other names and names in other languages (32)
- colibrí mango cuablauCatalan
- kolibřík smaragdovýCzech
- mango gwyrddWelsh
- Grøn MangoDanish
- SmaragdmangokolibriGerman
- Smaragd-MangoGerman
- verda mangokolibroEsperanto
- Mango portorriqueñoSpanish
- Mango puertorriqueño verdeSpanish
- Zumbador verdeSpanish
- viherhohtokolibriFinnish
- Mango vertFrench
- plavorepa smaragdnicaCroatian
- nagy mangókolibriHungarian
- Mango verdeItalian
- ミドリマンゴーハチドリJapanese
- žaliasis mangasLithuanian
- Groene MangoDutch
- smaragdmangoNorwegian
- węglik szmaragdowyPolish
- colibri-porto-riquenhoPortuguese
- beija-flor-verde-porto-riquenhoPortuguese
- colibri-porto-riquenho-verdePortuguese
- Изумрудный мангоRussian
- jagavička smaragdováSlovak
- Zeleni mango-kolibriSerbian
- grönmangoSwedish
- grön glanskolibriSwedish
- Yeşil MangoTurkish
- колібрі-манго смарагдовийUkrainian
- 綠芒果蜂鳥Chinese
- 绿芒果蜂鸟Chinese
Relatives of the green mango
Other species in the same genus Anthracothorax.
Black-throated mango
Anthracothorax nigricollis
Hispaniolan mango
Anthracothorax dominicus
Green-throated mango
Anthracothorax viridigula
Jamaican mango
Anthracothorax mango
Green-breasted mango
Anthracothorax prevostii
Veraguan mango
Anthracothorax veraguensis
CompareGreen mango vs Black-throated mangoGreen mango vs Hispaniolan mangoGreen mango vs Green-throated mangoGreen mango vs Jamaican mango
Common questions
Answered only where our data holds the answer.
How big is the green mango?
An adult green mango weighs 6.6 g – 6.75 g, according to values recorded on Wikidata.
Is the green mango endangered?
The green 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 green mango?
The green mango (Anthracothorax viridis) 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.
- An amniote life-history database to perform comparative analyses with birds, mammals, and reptiles · CC0 1.0 · E096-269
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
Tobias, J.A. et al. (2022) AVONET: morphological, ecological and geographical data for all birds. Ecology Letters 25: 581–597. https://doi.org/10.1111/ele.13898. Data: https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.16586228.v7 - Catalogue of Life eXtended Release · CC BY 4.0 · 2026-10-16 XR
Catalogue of Life (2026). Catalogue of Life eXtended Release, version 2026-10-16 XR. Catalogue of Life Foundation, Amsterdam, Netherlands. https://doi.org/10.48580/dgzlf - Wikimedia Commons · per file (CC0 / public domain / CC BY green, CC BY-SA amber, anything else not displayed) · 2026-11-11
Wikimedia Commons contributors. Wikimedia Commons. https://commons.wikimedia.org (each file credited to its author under its own licence). - Wikidata · CC0 1.0 · 2026-11-11
Wikidata contributors. Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org (data retrieved via the Wikidata Query Service). - Wikipedia (English) · CC BY-SA 4.0 · 2026-11-11
Wikipedia contributors. Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. https://en.wikipedia.org (text under CC BY-SA 4.0; each block names its article and revision).
Embed a card for this animal on your own site
Copy this code. The card shows the photo with its credit, key facts and a link back to this page.
CreatureData. (2026). Green mango (Anthracothorax viridis). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/green-mango
“Green mango (Anthracothorax viridis).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/green-mango.
@misc{green_mango_2026,
title = {Green mango (Anthracothorax viridis)},
author = {{CreatureData}},
year = {2026},
url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/green-mango},
note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}