The Story
I made this photo of a Yellow Oriole (Icterus nigrogularis) at Hacienda El Escobal in Ibagué, Tolima, Colombia. Its nest is a long pouch woven from plant fibers and hung from a branch or palm frond. The female incubates alone for about 15 days while the male defends the nest. It eats fruit and also takes nectar from flowers and hummingbird feeders. Its habitats include arid scrub, dry forest, gallery forest, parks, gardens and fruit plantations. Its tail is black with small white tips on the outer feathers. Ibagué, the capital of Tolima, sits on the Central Andes between the Combeima Canyon and the Magdalena valley, near Nevado del Tolima.
I used a Pentax K-1 with the HD Pentax-D FA 150-450mm f/4.5-5.6 for this one, at 1/400 sec, f/5.6, ISO 200. IUCN lists the Yellow Oriole as Least Concern, with a stable population.
©2019 Adam Rainoff Photographer
The bird
The Yellow Oriole (Icterus nigrogularis) belongs to the family Icteridae (Troupials and Allies) in the eBird/Clements taxonomy.
Source: eBird.org (opens in a new tab)
Conservation
Least Concern on the IUCN Red List (assessment published 2018), with the population trend listed as stable. Source: IUCN Red List