The Story
I photographed this Yellow Oriole (Icterus nigrogularis) in Taganga, near Santa Marta, Magdalena, Colombia. It is bright yellow with a black bib and mostly black wings with white edges. In Colombia it is found in the north from the Caribbean coast south to the middle reaches of the Magdalena River, and the species also lives in Venezuela, the Guianas, Brazil, Trinidad and the Dutch Caribbean islands. IUCN lists it as Least Concern.
I photographed it with a Canon R5 and the RF 800mm f/11 plus the RF 1.4x extender, at 1/3000 sec, f/16, ISO 3200, −0.5 EV. Taganga is a traditional fishing village about 3 kilometers north of Santa Marta, and both were founded by Rodrigo de Bastidas in 1525.
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The bird
The Yellow Oriole (Icterus nigrogularis) belongs to the family Icteridae (Troupials and Allies) in the eBird/Clements taxonomy.
Source: eBird.org (opens in a new tab)
Conservation
Least Concern on the IUCN Red List (assessment published 2018), with the population trend listed as stable. Source: IUCN Red List
