The Story
I photographed this female Black-throated Mango (Anthracothorax nigricollis) at Fundación Orquídeas del Tolima in Ibagué, Tolima, Colombia. It feeds on nectar and favors the flowers of tall trees. The male’s outer tail feathers are metallic magenta-rufous with dark blue edges. Females have green upperparts without the male’s bronzy tone. It is found in Panama, in every mainland South American country except Chile, and in Trinidad and Tobago. Orquídeas del Tolima is one of the civil-society reserves of Ibagué’s nature tourism network, about 22 hectares of premontane humid forest at 1,250 to 1,300 meters.
I made this frame with a Pentax K-1 and the HD Pentax-D FA 150-450mm f/4.5-5.6, at 1/320 sec, f/5.6, ISO 1600. IUCN lists the Black-throated Mango as Least Concern, with a stable population.
©2019 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