The Story
The shot
I photographed this Steely-vented Hummingbird (Saucerottia saucerottei) in the vereda Chapacual, near Yacuanquer in Nariño, Colombia on November 15, 2021. It is a hummingbird of Colombia and Venezuela, dark glittering golden-green below with greenish to steel-blue undertail coverts. In most of its range it lives between sea level and about 1,500 meters and forages for nectar at low bushes and trees. It was formerly placed in the genus Amazilia. IUCN lists the Steely-vented Hummingbird as Least Concern.
I made this frame with a Canon R5 and the RF 800mm f/11, at 1/250 sec, f/11, ISO 1600. In the vereda Chapacual, 35 farm families grow coffee and keep agroecological gardens together with the Asociación para el Desarrollo Campesino.
©2022 Adam Rainoff Photographer
The bird
The Steely-vented Hummingbird (Saucerottia saucerottei) belongs to the family Trochilidae (Hummingbirds) 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
