The Story
I photographed this Palm Tanager (Thraupis palmarum) at the Jardín Botánico San Jorge in Ibagué, Tolima, Colombia. It is a resident breeder from Nicaragua south to Bolivia, Paraguay and southern Brazil. Besides fruit, it regularly takes nectar, flower petals and insects, including caterpillars. It lives in semi-open areas, including farmland and gardens. Its flight feathers are blackish, and its long tail is blackish edged with green. Ibagué, the capital of Tolima, sits on the Central Andes between the Combeima Canyon and the Magdalena valley, near Nevado del Tolima.
I made this frame with a Pentax K-1 and the HD Pentax-D FA 150-450mm f/4.5-5.6, at 1/640 sec, f/5.6, ISO 400, −1 EV. IUCN lists the Palm Tanager as Least Concern, with a stable population.
©2019 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