The Story
This Speckled Tanager (Ixothraupis guttata), of the subspecies tolimae, was at Fincas Verdes in San Antonio, Tolima, Colombia when I photographed it. It is a social bird that eats mainly fruit and some insects. Its small cup nest is built in a tree, and the usual clutch is two brown-blotched white eggs. Its flight call is a weak, metallic tsip. It is a resident breeder in Costa Rica, Panama, Trinidad, Venezuela, Colombia, Guyana, Suriname and northern Brazil. San Antonio lies in southern Tolima, about 109 km from Ibagué.
I made this frame with a Pentax K-1 and the HD Pentax-D FA 150-450mm f/4.5-5.6, at 1/250 sec, f/5.6, ISO 800. IUCN lists the Speckled Tanager as Least Concern, with a decreasing population.
©2019 Adam Rainoff Photographer
The bird
The Speckled Tanager (Ixothraupis guttata) belongs to the family Thraupidae (Tanagers 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 2021), with the population trend listed as decreasing (listed by IUCN as Tangara guttata). Source: IUCN Red List
