The Story
The shot
Two Spectacled Parrotlets perched by a piece of fruit at Finca Ecoturística San Javier, in the vereda Chucuní near Ibagué, Tolima, Colombia. The Spectacled Parrotlet (Forpus conspicillatus) eats seeds, nuts, leaves, berries, cactus and other fruits in the wild, and occasionally small insects. It is not found above about 1,600 meters. The species prefers open country to dense forest, and its populations are stable and possibly increasing. IUCN lists it as Least Concern.
I made this frame with a Canon R5 and the RF 800mm f/11, at 1/250 sec, f/11, ISO 6400. Finca San Javier began as a pig farm in 1997 and turned to ecotourism in 2017, and today it offers guided birding and aims to help conserve the tropical dry forest around it.
©2022 Adam Rainoff Photographer
The bird
The Spectacled Parrotlet (Forpus conspicillatus) belongs to the family Psittacidae (New World and African Parrots) in the eBird/Clements taxonomy.
Source: eBird.org (opens in a new tab)
Conservation
Least Concern on the IUCN Red List (assessment published 2021), with the population trend listed as decreasing. Source: IUCN Red List
