The Story
Two Spectacled Parrotlets perched together on top of a post at Finca Ecoturística San Javier, in the vereda Chucuní near Ibagué, Tolima, Colombia. The Spectacled Parrotlet (Forpus conspicillatus) typically breeds between January and March and nests in tree cavities. In the wild it eats seeds, nuts, berries and fruit. It favors open country over dense forest, which is why its numbers are stable and possibly increasing as land is cleared. IUCN lists it as Least Concern. It is not found above about 1,600 meters.
I photographed them with a Canon R5 and the RF 800mm f/11, at 1/1500 sec, f/11, ISO 800. Finca San Javier offers guided birding as part of its work to help conserve the tropical dry forest of the Chucuní area.
©2021 Adam Rainoff Photographer
The bird
The Spectacled Parrotlet (Forpus conspicillatus) belongs to the family Psittacidae (New World and African Parrots) 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 decreasing. Source: IUCN Red List