The Story
I photographed this Black-capped Donacobius (Donacobius atricapilla) at Playa Rica Turismo Comunitario, by the Putumayo River near Puerto Asís, Putumayo, Colombia. Donacobiuses are common in many kinds of Amazonian wetland, including oxbow lakes and riverbanks with tall, dense aquatic vegetation. It is the only member of its genus and is now placed in a family of its own, Donacobiidae. Pairs mate for life and often sing in duets from the tops of dense waterside thickets. IUCN lists it as Least Concern.
I made this frame with a Canon R5 and the RF 800mm f/11 plus the RF 1.4x extender, at 1/750 sec, f/16, ISO 12800. Playa Rica’s community tourism is run by ASOPAAP, an association of artisanal fishers and farmers, and it offers guided Amazonian birding.
©2022 Adam Rainoff Photographer
The bird
The Black-capped Donacobius (Donacobius atricapilla) belongs to the family Donacobiidae (Donacobius) in the eBird/Clements taxonomy.
Source: eBird.org (opens in a new tab)
Conservation
Least Concern on the IUCN Red List (assessment published 2020), with the population trend listed as decreasing. Source: IUCN Red List