The Story
This Orange-crowned Oriole (Icterus auricapillus) was at Hotel Waka Rural in Honda, Tolima, Colombia when I photographed it. In Colombia it lives mostly in the north, but also south to Huila and northern Meta. Its nest is woven from plant fibers and attached to the underside of a large leaf or palm frond. The clutch is two whitish eggs with darker spots. Between 1850 and 1910 Honda was the country’s main river port on the route between the Caribbean and Bogotá. Honda, on the Magdalena in northern Tolima, was the first river port of the New Kingdom of Granada and was named a heritage town of Colombia in 2010.
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 800, +0.3 EV. IUCN lists the Orange-crowned Oriole as Least Concern, with a stable population.
©2019 Adam Rainoff Photographer
The bird
The Orange-crowned Oriole (Icterus auricapillus) belongs to the family Icteridae (Troupials 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 2020), with the population trend listed as stable. Source: IUCN Red List
