Black-throated Mango vs Blousel Blommetjie

Anthracothorax nigricollis compared with Commelina erecta

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Black-throated Mango	Blousel Blommetjie
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Aves (Birds)	Liliopsida (Monocots)
Order	Apodiformes (Apodiformes)	Commelinales (Commelinales)
Family	Trochilidae	Commelinaceae
Genus	Anthracothorax	Commelina
Species	Anthracothorax nigricollis	Commelina erecta

Conservation Status

Black-throated Mango

LC — Least Concern

Blousel Blommetjie

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Black-throated Mango	Blousel Blommetjie
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Black-throated Mango

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Colombia, Ecuador, Norway, and Venezuela.

Blousel Blommetjie

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (Guinea), Asia (Taiwan), Europe (Malta), North America (Cuba), and South America (Brazil, Chile, Colombia).

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.

Blousel Blommetjie

The Blousel Blommetjie (Commelina erecta) is a species in the genus Commelina. It is currently classified as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. Typically found in grasslands, wetlands, forests, and cultivated landscapes.