The Story
I photographed this female Black-throated Mango (Anthracothorax nigricollis) at the Reserva Natural El Palmar, near Ibagué, Tolima, Colombia, in October 2020. It ranges from Panama through every mainland South American country except Chile. Females have metallic green upperparts, and their outer tail feathers are rufous with a wide purple base and whitish tips. The female alone builds a cup nest of seed down and rootlets bound with spider silk, incubates the eggs for 16 to 18 days and feeds the young. In Colombia it may nest year-round. 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 1/2000 sec, f/5.6, ISO 1600. El Palmar is a forest reserve owned by Cortolima, the regional environmental agency, and covers 1,859 hectares between 1,900 and 4,000 meters.
©2021 Adam Rainoff Photographer
The bird
The Black-throated Mango (Anthracothorax nigricollis) 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 stable. Source: IUCN Red List