| Green Mango | |
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| Conservation status | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Subphylum: | Vertebrata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Apodiformes |
| Family: | Trochilidae |
| Genus: | Anthracothorax |
| Species: | A. viridis |
| Binomial name | |
| Anthracothorax viridis (Audebert & Vieillot, 1801) |
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The Green Mango (Anthracothorax viridis) is a large species of hummingbird endemic to the main island of Puerto Rico and its archipelago. It is usually found in the mountainous regions of the island, often in coffee and other kind of plantations. They usually feed on the nectar found in Heliconia flowers.[2] Their feather coloration is green with a blue and black tail, there are no distinctive traits between sexes.[3]