The Story
This Tolima Dove (Leptotila conoveri) was at Ukuku Rural Lodge in Juntas, Tolima, Colombia when I photographed it. It is found only in Colombia. It lives mostly inside and along the edges of humid subtropical forest, between about 1,200 and 2,500 meters. It builds a shallow bowl nest of heavy twigs in bushes or small trees, usually no more than 2 meters up. Much of its original habitat is gone, but it seems to adapt to secondary forest and coffee plantations. Juntas is a rural district of Ibagué in the Combeima Canyon, a buffer zone of Los Nevados National Natural Park where more than 300 bird species have been recorded.
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 6400. IUCN lists the Tolima Dove as Near Threatened, with a decreasing population.
©2019 Adam Rainoff Photographer
The bird
The Tolima Dove (Leptotila conoveri) belongs to the family Columbidae (Pigeons and Doves) in the eBird/Clements taxonomy.
Source: eBird.org (opens in a new tab)
Conservation
Near Threatened on the IUCN Red List (assessment published 2020), with the population trend listed as decreasing. Source: IUCN Red List