Green-breasted Mango
Green-breasted Mango: Greenwood, Caddo Parish, LA, August 20, 2009.  This is a first state record for Louisiana.  This bird has not been positively identified as a Green-breasted Mango because there are two other species for which the females are virtually indistinguishable in the field.  They are the: Black-throated Mango and the  Green-throated Mango.  Females and juvenile birds of a species are often difficult to distinguish.  This individual is most probably a juvenile of one of these species.  It is probably a Green-breasted Mango because of the proximity of its range in Mexico to the United States.  I am hoping the the Louisiana Bird Records Committee will be able to positively identify it from the many photos that were taken while it remained at the Greenwood residence.  This mango remained at the residence only one afternoon.
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