La historia
This Horned Screamer (Anhima cornuta) stood against the green in the Mocagua Indigenous community, a Ticuna resguardo beside Amacayacu National Natural Park in Amazonas, Colombia, showing the thin quill on its forehead that gives it its name. It is one of only three screamers, a small family of waterfowl, and the only species in its genus. It lives in swamps, marshes and wet meadows near rivers and lakes, feeds on water plants, and builds a floating nest platform out of vegetation. IUCN lists it as Least Concern.
I photographed it with a Canon R5 and the RF 800mm f/11, at 1/350 sec, f/11, ISO 3200, −0,5 EV. Mocagua’s Ticuna community runs guided ecotourism next to Amacayacu National Natural Park, so visits like mine help support the people who protect this forest.
©2023 Adam Rainoff Photographer
El ave
The Horned Screamer (Anhima cornuta) pertenece a la familia Anhimidae (Screamers) en la taxonomía eBird/Clements.
Fuente: eBird.org (se abre en una pestaña nueva)
Conservación
Least Concern on the IUCN Red List (assessment published 2024), with the population trend listed as stable. Fuente: Lista Roja de la UICN
