The Story
I photographed this female Blackburnian Warbler (Setophaga fusca) in the Cincinati area above Minca, in the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta, Magdalena, Colombia, in February. Females are washed-out versions of the breeding male, but even she is easy to tell by her dull yellow eyebrow against a grayish cheek. The species breeds in eastern North America and winters mainly in montane forest from Colombia to Peru. In winter it keeps apart from other songbirds and adds berries to its insect diet. IUCN lists it as Least Concern.
I used a Canon R5 with the RF 800mm f/11 for this one, at 1/1500 sec, f/11, ISO 6400. These mountains rise from the Caribbean coast to 5,700 meters, apart from the Andes, and they are the source of 36 rivers.
©2021 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