The Story
I photographed this Bay-headed Tanager (Tangara gyrola) at Entreaguas Reserva Natural in Ibagué, Tolima, Colombia. It also takes insects, mainly from the undersides of branches. Its bulky cup nest is built in a tree, and the usual clutch is two brown-blotched white eggs. It lives in forest, especially in wetter areas. It is a social bird that eats mainly fruit, which it usually swallows whole. Entreaguas is one of the civil-society reserves of Ibagué’s nature tourism network, set in premontane humid forest at about 1,050 to 1,300 meters. The reserve lies in the Coello-Cocora area west of Ibagué, on the way toward Cajamarca, and its trails pass a series of waterfalls.
I made this photo on February 24, 2019. IUCN lists the Bay-headed Tanager as Least Concern, with a decreasing population.
©2019 Adam Rainoff Photographer
The bird
The Bay-headed Tanager (Tangara gyrola) 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 2021), with the population trend listed as decreasing. Source: IUCN Red List