The Black-throated Mango has a black throat and chest in the male, while the female has a dark stripe down her white underparts. It takes nectar and flying insects and also visits gardens.
Males have green upperparts, a black throat and chest, and blue along the sides of the throat. Females are green above and white below, with a dark central stripe.
It feeds on flower nectar and flying insects and visits open woodland, forest edges, and gardens. Birds are resident in Trinidad; those in Tobago may move to the mainland from September to December.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.