Black-throated Mango vs Don Wheatgrass

Anthracothorax nigricollis compared with Agropyron tanaiticum

Key Differences

• Black-throated Mango is Least Concern while Don Wheatgrass is Near Threatened.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Black-throated Mango	Don Wheatgrass
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Aves (Birds)	Liliopsida (Monocots)
Order	Apodiformes (Apodiformes)	Poales (Grasses)
Family	Trochilidae	Poaceae (Grass Family)
Genus	Anthracothorax	Agropyron
Species	Anthracothorax nigricollis	Agropyron tanaiticum

Conservation Status

Black-throated Mango

LC — Least Concern

Don Wheatgrass

NT — Near Threatened

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Black-throated Mango	Don Wheatgrass
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.

Don Wheatgrass

Habitat

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

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.