Posted by Nancy Newfield on January 01, 1970 at 00:00:00
Yes, indeed a Green-breasted Mango would be quite a coup for Florida! By the way, has anyone looked critically at the Buff-bellied [or Buff-bellieds] to see if subspecific determination is possible. To the best of my knowledge, the northernmost form chalconata is the only one documented for the United States. If a different subspecies were determined, that would suggest an arrival route different from the presumed northward up the Texas coast, across Mississippi/Alabama, down peninsular Florida route that is generally thought to be used by the Buff-bellieds wintering on the northern Gulf Coast.