The Story
I photographed this Black-winged Saltator (Saltator atripennis) at the Kairi Lodge Natural Reserve, near Manizales, Caldas, Colombia, in February 2020. It lives only in Colombia and Ecuador, in forest, shrubby clearings and plantations, between 600 and 2,300 meters in Colombia. Its diet has not been studied but is thought to be mostly fruit. Its nest is a deep cup of roots, moss and leaves lined with grass. It is fairly common in suitable habitat in Colombia. IUCN lists it as Least Concern.
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 3200. The reserve says it wants its staff, suppliers and guests to learn to value the natural resources around them.
©2020 Adam Rainoff Photographer
The bird
The Black-winged Saltator (Saltator atripennis) 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 2018). Source: IUCN Red List
