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Antillean mango
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A. dominicus
Binomial name
Anthracothorax dominicus
Linnaeus, 1766
Distribution of Antillean Mango

The Antillean mango (Anthracothorax dominicus) is a species of hummingbird in the Trochilidae family. It is found in the Dominican Republic, Haiti, Puerto Rico, the British Virgin Islands, and Virgin Islands, U.S..

The Antillean Mango is endemic to the West Indies.

Females and young birds are white-gray breasted. Adult females has red-terracota colored tail with small white tips at the end. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forests, subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, and heavily degraded former forest.

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