The Story
I made this photo of a Black-winged Saltator (Saltator atripennis) at the Jardín Botánico del Quindío in Calarcá, Quindío, Colombia, on July 17, 2018. The Black-winged Saltator forages in the upper levels of the forest, often with mixed-species flocks. Its nest is a deep cup of roots, moss and leaves lined with grass and fine plant fibers. It is fairly common in suitable habitat in Colombia. It also uses shrubby clearings and plantations. The garden’s butterfly house is a large open-air vivarium, home to more than 30 butterfly species native to Colombia. IUCN lists the Black-winged Saltator as Least Concern.
I used a Pentax K-1 with the HD Pentax-D FA 150-450mm f/4.5-5.6 for this one, at 1/250 sec, f/5.6, ISO 640. The regional environmental agency, the CRQ, has also entrusted the garden with eight hectares of natural forest in the Barbas Bremen forest reserve, near Filandia and Circasia.
©2019 Adam Rainoff Photographer
The bird
The Black-winged Saltator (Saltator atripennis) 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). Source: IUCN Red List
