Flame-faced Tanager

La historia

I photographed this Flame-faced Tanager (Tangara parzudakii) in El Caraño, in the hills above Florencia, Caquetá, Colombia, in febrero de 2020. The female builds the nest alone, hiding it well, and nests have been found in pastures, forest, forest edges and even on buildings. The Pacific-slope form is sometimes called the Yellow-faced Tanager. Its population is declining because of habitat destruction, though it is not yet considered threatened. It is omnivorous, feeding mainly in the canopy on fruit, arthropods, flower buds and nectar. 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 1/2500 sec, f/6.3, ISO 1600. Florencia, the capital of Caquetá, is known as the golden gateway to the Colombian Amazon and was founded on December 25, 1902.

El ave

The Flame-faced Tanager (Tangara parzudakii) pertenece a la familia Thraupidae (Tanagers and Allies) 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 decreasing. Fuente: Lista Roja de la UICN