Beehive Ginger vs Black-throated Mango

Zingiber spectabile compared with Anthracothorax nigricollis

Key Differences

Beehive Ginger is Data Deficient while Black-throated Mango is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Beehive Ginger	Black-throated Mango
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Liliopsida (Monocots)	Aves (Birds)
Order	Zingiberales (Zingiberales)	Apodiformes (Apodiformes)
Family	Zingiberaceae	Trochilidae
Genus	Zingiber	Anthracothorax
Species	Zingiber spectabile	Anthracothorax nigricollis

Conservation Status

Beehive Ginger

DD — Data Deficient

Black-throated Mango

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Beehive Ginger	Black-throated Mango
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Beehive Ginger

Habitat

Inhabits tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests within the Neotropic biogeographic realm. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Distributed across Brazil, Colombia, and Costa Rica.

Black-throated Mango

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Colombia, Ecuador, Norway, and Venezuela.

Beehive Ginger

The Beehive Ginger (Zingiber spectabile) is a species in the genus Zingiber. Its conservation status is listed as Data Deficient, indicating insufficient data for assessment. Inhabits tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests within the Neotropic biogeographic realm. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

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.