The Story
I photographed this Tennessee Warbler (Leiothlypis peregrina) at Hacienda Guadalajara in Palmira, Valle del Cauca, Colombia. It breeds in eastern North America. In the nonbreeding season it reaches northern Colombia and Venezuela, with a few going as far south as Ecuador. The breeding male has an olive back, shoulders and rump. It feeds mainly on insects but also takes flower nectar, fruit and some seeds. It creeps along branches and forages at all levels. Both sexes have white undertail coverts all year. Palmira lies on the east bank of the Cauca River and is a center of the valley’s large sugar mills.
I made this frame with a Pentax K-1 and the HD Pentax-D FA 150-450mm f/4.5-5.6, at 1/1000 sec, f/5.6, ISO 1600. IUCN lists the Tennessee Warbler as Least Concern, with a decreasing population.
©2020 Adam Rainoff Photographer
The bird
The Tennessee Warbler (Leiothlypis peregrina) belongs to the family Parulidae (New World Warblers) 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