The Story
I photographed this Crowned Woodnymph (Thalurania colombica) at Avistamiento de Aves Doña Dora, in Dagua, Valle del Cauca, Colombia, in February 2020. Its nest is a cup of tree-fern scales and plant down bound with spider web, with lichen and moss on the outside. Much of its habitat in Central America and northern Colombia has been cleared, but it seems able to use fragmented forest. Its range is very large, though its numbers are believed to be decreasing. IUCN lists it as Least Concern.
I made this frame with a Pentax K-1 and the HD Pentax-D FA 150-450mm f/4.5-5.6, at 1/400 sec, f/5.6, ISO 3200, −1 EV. More than 500 bird species are recorded along the Anchicayá route, including 4 endemic and 10 threatened species.
©2023 Adam Rainoff Photographer
The bird
The Crowned Woodnymph (Thalurania colombica) belongs to the family Trochilidae (Hummingbirds) in the eBird/Clements taxonomy.
Source: eBird.org (opens in a new tab)
Conservation
Least Concern on the IUCN Red List (assessment published 2023), with the population trend listed as decreasing. Source: IUCN Red List