The Story
I photographed this Tropical Mockingbird (Mimus gilvus) at Hotel Waka Rural in Honda, Tolima, Colombia. Both sexes build the nest of coarse twigs, placed low in a shrub or tree. The female does most of the incubation, which lasts 13 to 15 days. It is common and conspicuous through nearly all of its range. It is monogamous, but cooperative breeding has been recorded, with young from an earlier brood helping. Honda, on the Magdalena in northern Tolima, was the first river port of the New Kingdom of Granada and was named a heritage town of Colombia in 2010.
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, +0.3 EV. IUCN lists the Tropical Mockingbird as Least Concern, with an increasing population.
©2019 Adam Rainoff Photographer
The bird
The Tropical Mockingbird (Mimus gilvus) belongs to the family Mimidae (Mockingbirds and Thrashers) in the eBird/Clements taxonomy.
Source: eBird.org (opens in a new tab)
Conservation
Least Concern on the IUCN Red List (assessment published 2020), with the population trend listed as increasing. Source: IUCN Red List