The Story
On June 23, 2017, I photographed this Vermilion Flycatcher (Pyrocephalus rubinus) at the Malecón Cameguadua in Chinchiná, Caldas, Colombia. It is a tyrant flycatcher, a member of the family Tyrannidae. It feeds mostly on insects, catching them in mid-air in short sallies from a perch and sometimes from the ground. Adult females are grayish brown above, with dull white underparts streaked with grayish brown and sometimes a pale yellow tinge on the belly. Chinchiná lies 17 kilometers southwest of Manizales, at 1,360 meters, in a valley surrounded by coffee plantations.
I used a Canon EOS 70D and the EF400mm f/5.6L USM for this one, at 1/500 sec, f/5.6, ISO 640. IUCN lists the Vermilion Flycatcher as Least Concern with an increasing population, and Chinchiná is part of the Coffee Cultural Landscape of Colombia, a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 2011.
©2018 Adam Rainoff Photographer
The bird
The Vermilion Flycatcher (Pyrocephalus rubinus) belongs to the family Tyrannidae (Tyrant Flycatchers) 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 increasing. Source: IUCN Red List