Black-throated Mango vs Prickly Featherwort

Anthracothorax nigricollis compared with Plagiochila spinulosa

Key Differences

Black-throated Mango is Least Concern while Prickly Featherwort is Vulnerable.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Black-throated Mango	Prickly Featherwort
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Marchantiophyta (liverwort)
Class	Aves (Birds)	Jungermanniopsida (Jungermanniopsida)
Order	Apodiformes (Apodiformes)	Jungermanniales (Jungermanniales)
Family	Trochilidae	Plagiochilaceae
Genus	Anthracothorax	Plagiochila
Species	Anthracothorax nigricollis	Plagiochila spinulosa

Conservation Status

Black-throated Mango

LC — Least Concern

Prickly Featherwort

VU — Vulnerable

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Black-throated Mango	Prickly Featherwort
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.

Prickly Featherwort

Habitat

Native to Europe, inhabiting ecosystems characteristic of the region.

Range

Distributed across Luxembourg, Norway, Portugal, and Sweden. 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.