Black-throated Mango vs Buddha's hand

Anthracothorax nigricollis compared with Alocasia cucullata

Key Differences

Black-throated Mango is Least Concern while Buddha's hand is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Black-throated Mango	Buddha's hand
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Aves (Birds)	Liliopsida (Monocots)
Order	Apodiformes (Apodiformes)	Alismatales (Alismatales)
Family	Trochilidae	Araceae
Genus	Anthracothorax	Alocasia
Species	Anthracothorax nigricollis	Alocasia cucullata

Conservation Status

Black-throated Mango

LC — Least Concern

Buddha's hand

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Black-throated Mango	Buddha's hand
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.

Buddha's hand

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Asia (Taiwan), North America (4 countries), Oceania and the Pacific (5 countries), and South America (Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador).

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.

Buddha's hand

The Buddha'S Hand (Alocasia cucullata) is a species in the genus Alocasia. Typically found in grasslands, wetlands, forests, and cultivated landscapes.