Black-throated Mango vs blue mud-plantain

Anthracothorax nigricollis compared with Heteranthera limosa

Key Differences

Black-throated Mango is Least Concern while blue mud-plantain is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Black-throated Mango	blue mud-plantain
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Aves (Birds)	Liliopsida (Monocots)
Order	Apodiformes (Apodiformes)	Commelinales (Commelinales)
Family	Trochilidae	Pontederiaceae
Genus	Anthracothorax	Heteranthera
Species	Anthracothorax nigricollis	Heteranthera limosa

Conservation Status

Black-throated Mango

LC — Least Concern

blue mud-plantain

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Black-throated Mango	blue mud-plantain
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.

blue mud-plantain

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Asia (Japan), Europe (8 countries), and South America (Brazil, 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.

blue mud-plantain

The Blue Mud Plantain (Heteranthera limosa) is a species in the genus Heteranthera. Typically found in grasslands, wetlands, forests, and cultivated landscapes.