The Story
I photographed this male Black-throated Mango (Anthracothorax nigricollis) at the Jardín Botánico del Quindío in Calarcá, Quindío, Colombia, on July 17, 2018. The Black-throated Mango feeds on nectar and favors the flowers of tall trees. The male’s outer tail feathers are metallic magenta-rufous with dark blue edges. Females have green upperparts without the male’s bronzy tone. It is found in Panama, in every mainland South American country except Chile, and in Trinidad and Tobago. The garden’s butterfly house is a large open-air vivarium, home to more than 30 butterfly species native to Colombia. IUCN lists the Black-throated Mango as Least Concern, with a stable population.
I made this frame with a Pentax K-1 and the HD Pentax-D FA 150-450mm f/4.5-5.6, at 1/250 sec, f/5.6, ISO 400. The regional environmental agency, the CRQ, has also entrusted the garden with eight hectares of natural forest in the Barbas Bremen forest reserve, near Filandia and Circasia.
©2019 Adam Rainoff Photographer
The bird
The Black-throated Mango (Anthracothorax nigricollis) 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 2021), with the population trend listed as stable. Source: IUCN Red List