The Story
This female Flame-rumped Tanager (Ramphocelus flammigerus) was photographed at Birdwatch La Conchita, at Kilometer 18 near Cali, Valle del Cauca, Colombia, at about 1,950 meters. The species is sexually dimorphic. Females have a blackish brown to brown head, while males of the nominate subspecies are almost entirely deep black with a flame-scarlet lower back and rump. In Colombia the nominate subspecies lives mainly in the Cauca River valley, on the slopes of both the Western and Central Andes. IUCN lists it as Least Concern.
I used a Canon R5 with the RF 100-500mm f/4.5-7.1L for this one, at 1/1000 sec, f/6.7, ISO 1600, −1 EV. The San Antonio cloud forest at Kilometer 18 is recognized as an Important Bird Area and a Key Biodiversity Area, with the Multicolored Tanager as its symbol species.
©2023 Adam Rainoff Photographer
The bird
The Flame-rumped Tanager (Ramphocelus flammigerus) belongs to the family Thraupidae (Tanagers and Allies) 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 increasing. Source: IUCN Red List