The Story
On June 16, 2017, I photographed this White-necked Jacobin (Florisuga mellivora) at the Jardín Botánico del Quindío in Calarcá, Quindío, Colombia. It is a medium-sized hummingbird found from Mexico through Central America into much of northern South America. Females are highly variable and may look like adult or immature males. The male has a dark blue head and chest, a white belly and tail, and a white band on the nape between the blue head and green back.
I used a Canon EOS 70D and the EF400mm f/5.6L USM for this one, at 1/1000 sec, f/5.6, ISO 400. IUCN lists the White-necked Jacobin as Least Concern with a decreasing population, and the garden, a nonprofit foundation, also looks after eight hectares of natural forest in the Barbas-Bremen reserve near Filandia and Circasia.
©2018 Adam Rainoff Photographer
The bird
The White-necked Jacobin (Florisuga mellivora) 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
