Adam's-needle vs Black-throated Mango

Yucca flaccida compared with Anthracothorax nigricollis

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Adam's-needle	Black-throated Mango
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Liliopsida (Monocots)	Aves (Birds)
Order	Asparagales (Asparagales)	Apodiformes (Apodiformes)
Family	Asparagaceae	Trochilidae
Genus	Yucca	Anthracothorax
Species	Yucca flaccida	Anthracothorax nigricollis

Conservation Status

Adam's-needle

LC — Least Concern

Black-throated Mango

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Adam's-needle	Black-throated Mango
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Adam's-needle

Habitat

Typically found in grasslands, wetlands, forests, and cultivated landscapes.

Range

Distributed across Belgium and Canada.

Black-throated Mango

Habitat

Typically found in various aerial, terrestrial, and aquatic environments.

Range

Distributed across Colombia, Ecuador, Norway, and Venezuela.

Adam's-needle

The Adam's-needle (Yucca flaccida) is a species in the genus Yucca. It is currently classified as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. This species inhabits Typically found in grasslands, wetlands, forests, and cultivated landscapes, found across Belgium and Canada.

Black-throated Mango

A large, striking hummingbird of tropical forests from southern Mexico to Argentina, black-throated mangos have dramatic sexual dimorphism — males display glittering black throat and breast with violet and green flanks and a bold purple tail, while females are white below with a central black stripe. Inhabiting forest edges, clearings, and gardens, they aggressively defend flowering trees. Males perform spectacular aerial display flights at treetop height. Listed as Least Concern across their broad neotropical range.