The Story
I photographed this Yellow-browed Sparrow (Ammodramus aurifrons) at the Hotel Campestre Resguardos de Paz, near El Paujil, Caquetá, Colombia, in February 2020. It once lived mainly along rivers and on islands, but it is now widespread in grassy parts of the Amazon, including fields, roadsides and the edges of towns. It eats mostly seeds of native grasses and introduced plants, along with insects, and usually feeds on the ground. Males and females look alike, and juveniles have no yellow on the face. IUCN lists it as Least Concern, with a stable population.
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 200. El Paujil takes its name from the paujil, a curassow that was once common around the town.
©2021 Adam Rainoff Photographer
The bird
The Yellow-browed Sparrow (Ammodramus aurifrons) belongs to the family Passerellidae (New World Sparrows) in the eBird/Clements taxonomy.
Source: eBird.org (opens in a new tab)
Conservation
Least Concern on the IUCN Red List (assessment published 2024), with the population trend listed as stable. Source: IUCN Red List
