Anthracothorax
The mangos, Anthracothorax, are a genus of hummingbirds in the subfamily Trochilinae native to the Neotropics.
| Mangos | |
|---|---|
| Black-throated mango, Anthracothorax nigricollis | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Clade: | Strisores |
| Order: | Apodiformes |
| Family: | Trochilidae |
| Subfamily: | Polytminae |
| Genus: | Anthracothorax F. Boie, 1831 |
| Type species | |
| Trochilus violicauda Boddaert, 1783 | |
The genus Anthracothorax was introduced by the German zoologist Friedrich Boie in 1831. The type species was subsequently designated as the green-throated mango (Anthracothorax viridigula). The generic name combines the Ancient Greek anthrax meaning "coal" (i.e. black) with thÅrax meaning "chest".
A molecular phylogenetic study published in 2014 found that Anthracothorax was paraphyletic with respect to Eulampis.
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