Black-throated Mango vs Morass Cabbage Palm

Anthracothorax nigricollis compared with Roystonea princeps

Key Differences

• Black-throated Mango is Least Concern while Morass Cabbage Palm is Near Threatened.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Black-throated Mango	Morass Cabbage Palm
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Aves (Birds)	Liliopsida (Monocots)
Order	Apodiformes (Apodiformes)	Arecales (Arecales)
Family	Trochilidae	Arecaceae
Genus	Anthracothorax	Roystonea
Species	Anthracothorax nigricollis	Roystonea princeps

Conservation Status

Black-throated Mango

LC — Least Concern

Morass Cabbage Palm

NT — Near Threatened

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Black-throated Mango	Morass Cabbage Palm
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.

Morass Cabbage Palm

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.