Anthracothorax Explained

The mangos, Anthracothorax, are a non-migratory genus of hummingbirds in the subfamily Trochilinae native to the Neotropics.

The genus Anthracothorax was introduced by the German zoologist Friedrich Boie in 1831.^[1] The type species was subsequently designated as the green-throated mango (Anthracothorax viridigula).^[2] The generic name combines the Ancient Greek anthrax meaning "coal" (i.e. black) with thōrax meaning "chest".^[3]

A molecular phylogenetic study published in 2014 found that Anthracothorax was paraphyletic with respect to Eulampis.^{[4] [5]}

Species

The genus contains eight species:^[6]

Notes and References

1. Boie . Friedrich . Friedrich Boie . 1831 . Bemerkungen über Species und einige ornithologische Familien und Sippen . Isis von Oken . German . 24 . Cols 538–548 [545].
2. Book: Peters . James Lee . James L. Peters . 1945 . Check-list of Birds of the World . 5 . Harvard University Press . Cambridge, Massachusetts . 24 .
3. Book: Jobling, James A. . 2010. The Helm Dictionary of Scientific Bird Names . Christopher Helm . London . 978-1-4081-2501-4 . 49 .
4. McGuire . J. . Witt . C. . Remsen . J.V. . Corl . A. . Rabosky . D. . Altshuler . D. . Dudley . R. . 2014 . Molecular phylogenetics and the diversification of hummingbirds . Current Biology . 24 . 8 . 910–916 . 10.1016/j.cub.2014.03.016 . 24704078 . free . 2014CBio...24..910M .
5. Remsen . J.V.J. . Stiles . F.G. . Mcguire . J.A. . 2015 . Classification of the Polytminae (Aves: Trochilidae) . Zootaxa . 3957 . 1 . 143–150 . 10.11646/zootaxa.3957.1.13. 26249062 .
6. Web site: Gill . Frank . Frank Gill (ornithologist) . Donsker . David . 2019 . Hummingbirds . World Bird List Version 9.2 . International Ornithologists' Union . 21 July 2019 .