The Story
I photographed this Panama Flycatcher (Myiarchus panamensis) at the Hacienda El Triunfo Private Nature Reserve, near Honda, Tolima, Colombia, in October 2019. In Colombia it reaches the upper Magdalena River valley and lives only up to about 800 meters. It lives in dry forest, gallery forest, secondary forest and pastures with scattered shrubs. It eats insects and small fruit, usually sallying from a perch to catch prey in mid-air. Males and females look alike, grayish olive above with a gray throat and a yellow belly. 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 400. It is considered common in Colombia and occurs in a few protected areas there.
©2020 Adam Rainoff Photographer
The bird
The Panama Flycatcher (Myiarchus panamensis) belongs to the family Tyrannidae (Tyrant Flycatchers) in the eBird/Clements taxonomy.
Source: eBird.org (opens in a new tab)
Conservation
Least Concern on the IUCN Red List (assessment published 2022), with the population trend listed as stable. Source: IUCN Red List