The Story
I made this photo of a Blackburnian Warbler (Setophaga fusca) at Hacienda Guadalajara in Palmira, Valle del Cauca, Colombia. It breeds in eastern North America. In summer the male has a dark gray back, double white wing bars and a dark crown. Fall males and adult females are washed-out versions of the summer male. It typically winters in tropical montane forest between about 600 and 2,500 meters, mainly from Colombia to Peru. It is mainly insectivorous but adds berries to its diet in winter. Palmira lies on the east bank of the Cauca River and is a center of the valley’s large sugar mills.
I used a Pentax K-1 with the HD Pentax-D FA 150-450mm f/4.5-5.6 for this one, at 1/500 sec, f/5.6, ISO 1600. IUCN lists the Blackburnian Warbler as Least Concern, with an increasing population.
©2020 Adam Rainoff Photographer
The bird
The Blackburnian Warbler (Setophaga fusca) belongs to the family Parulidae (New World Warblers) 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 increasing. Source: IUCN Red List