SUMMARY
Photographer Santiago Pérez Rincón captured an image of an endangered Yellow-eared Parrot in Colombia's Cañón del Río Anaime, a region with some of the country's last wax palm forests. The photo, recognized in the Conservation category at the Audubon Photography Awards, highlights the threat to the species' survival from encroaching monoculture avocado crops. Rincón hopes the image conveys a message of vigilance, noting that while the parrot was saved from near extinction, its recovery is threatened by agricultural expansion.
TAKEAWAYS
An image of an endangered Yellow-eared Parrot won an Audubon Photography Award.
The parrot's habitat, the wax palm forests, is threatened by monoculture avocado farming.
The photograph serves as a call to reflect on agribusiness's impact on endemic species.
The Audubon Photography Awards celebrate images highlighting bird conservation challenges.