Black-throated Mango vs Love Apple

Anthracothorax nigricollis compared with Paris polyphylla

Key Differences

• Black-throated Mango is Least Concern while Love Apple is Vulnerable.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Black-throated Mango	Love Apple
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Aves (Birds)	Liliopsida (Monocots)
Order	Apodiformes (Apodiformes)	Liliales (Liliales)
Family	Trochilidae	Melanthiaceae
Genus	Anthracothorax	Paris
Species	Anthracothorax nigricollis	Paris polyphylla

Conservation Status

Black-throated Mango

LC — Least Concern

Love Apple

VU — Vulnerable

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Black-throated Mango	Love Apple
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.

Love Apple

Habitat

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

Range

Found in Taiwan. Currently classified as Vulnerable on the IUCN Red List, this species faces significant conservation challenges across its range.

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.