The Story
I photographed this Acadian Flycatcher (Empidonax virescens) at the Lost City of Falan, the ruins of the Spanish Reales Minas de Santa Ana in the humid forest of Falan, Tolima, Colombia. It perched on a branch, its olive-green upperparts and pale underparts standing out against the green foliage. It breeds in deciduous forest, often near water, across the eastern United States, and migrates through Mexico and the Caribbean to spend the winter in southern Central America and northwestern South America, including Colombia. Despite its name, it does not live in Nova Scotia or historic Acadia. IUCN lists it as Least Concern.
I used a Canon R5 with the RF 800mm f/11 plus the RF 1.4x extender for this one, at 1/90 sec, f/16, ISO 6400. The ruins of the 17th-century silver mines sit along a forest trail of about 5 kilometers, which local guides use for walks and birding.
©2024 Adam Rainoff Photographer
The bird
The Acadian Flycatcher (Empidonax virescens) belongs to the family Tyrannidae (Tyrant Flycatchers) 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