The Story
I photographed this Glittering-throated Emerald (Chionomesa fimbriata) at La Macarena, Meta, Colombia. It lives in dry and humid forest, gallery forest, savanna, scrub, plantations and gardens. It forages by trap-lining, visiting a circuit of flowers, and seldom feeds high in the trees. Its cup nest is made of plant fibers bound with spiderweb, with lichen on the outside. The female incubates two eggs for 14 to 17 days. The Sierra de la Macarena is home to about 420 bird species, along with eight species of primates. La Macarena is part of the Sierra de la Macarena and of the Macarena Special Management Area, which brings together several protected areas.
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/5.6, ISO 400. IUCN lists the Glittering-throated Emerald as Least Concern, with a decreasing population.
©2020 Adam Rainoff Photographer
The bird
The Glittering-throated Emerald (Chionomesa fimbriata) belongs to the family Trochilidae (Hummingbirds) in the eBird/Clements taxonomy.
Source: eBird.org (opens in a new tab)
Conservation
Least Concern on the IUCN Red List (assessment published 2024), with the population trend listed as decreasing. Source: IUCN Red List