The Story
I photographed this Palm Tanager (Thraupis palmarum) at Finca La Conchita, in the Kilómetro 18 area near Cali, Valle del Cauca, Colombia, in October 2019. It is a resident breeder from Nicaragua south to Bolivia, Paraguay and southern Brazil. It lives in semi-open country, including farmland and gardens. It builds a bulky cup nest in a tree, usually a palm, or under the eaves of a house. Palm tanagers are social, restless birds that eat many kinds of small fruit, plus some nectar, flower petals and insects. 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 1/200 sec, f/5.6, ISO 1600. The San Antonio cloud forest at Kilometer 18 is recognized as an Important Bird Area and a Key Biodiversity Area, with the Multicolored Tanager as its symbol species.
©2020 Adam Rainoff Photographer
The bird
The Palm Tanager (Thraupis palmarum) 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), with the population trend listed as stable. Source: IUCN Red List
