The Story
I made this photo of a female Thick-billed Euphonia (Euphonia laniirostris) at Fincas Verdes in San Antonio, Tolima, Colombia. Nests are usually well hidden, in tree cavities, among epiphytes and vines, or in branch forks. In northern Colombia it lives in forest edges and clearings, gallery forest, farmland, gardens and trees around houses. It mostly forages in pairs and small groups and often joins mixed-species flocks. Both sexes build the nest, a globe with a side entrance made of twigs, leaves and plant fibers. San Antonio lies in southern Tolima, about 109 km from Ibagué.
I used a Pentax K-1 with the HD Pentax-D FA 150-450mm f/4.5-5.6 for this one, at 1/250 sec, f/5.6, ISO 200. IUCN lists the Thick-billed Euphonia as Least Concern, with a stable population.
©2019 Adam Rainoff Photographer
The bird
The Thick-billed Euphonia (Euphonia laniirostris) belongs to the family Fringillidae (Finches, Euphonias, 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 2020), with the population trend listed as stable. Source: IUCN Red List