The Story
I made this photo of a Blue-necked Tanager (Stilpnia cyanicollis) at Fundación Orquídeas del Tolima in Ibagué, Tolima, Colombia. It is found in South America from Colombia to Bolivia. It eats fruits, berries, flowers and insects, but fruit is the main part of its diet. The female builds a well-hidden cup nest of moss and usually lays two white eggs with brown spots. Both parents feed the nestlings, sometimes with help from other birds. Ibagué, the capital of Tolima, sits on the Central Andes between the Combeima Canyon and the Magdalena valley, near Nevado del Tolima.
I used a Pentax K-1 with the HD Pentax-D FA 150-450mm f/4.5-5.6 for this one, at 1/100 sec, f/5.6, ISO 800, +1 EV. IUCN lists the Blue-necked Tanager as Least Concern, with a stable population.
©2019 Adam Rainoff Photographer
The bird
The Blue-necked Tanager (Stilpnia cyanicollis) 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