Tuesday, April 21, 2026
Three Loros Reales into the April Sky
By Alejandro Rigatuso, Fundador y Director de Fundación Loros
On Tuesday, April 21st, Omar arrived at the sanctuary with a day that few can match: three releases of loros reales in a single dawn. One by one, B180 from aviary one, B228 from aviary two, and B60 from aviary three spread their wings over the 520 hectares of Fundación Loros and found, at last, air with no wire between them and the world.
B180 wasted no time choosing his first perch: a guácimo tree, unhurried, as if he had always belonged there. B228 appeared shortly after near a fruit station — papaya, watermelon sliced across a metal tray — exploring with that careful curiosity animals carry when the world suddenly becomes immense. B60, for his part, took the path toward the bosquesito, the reserve's most tangled corner, and disappeared into the green.
All three still carry on their legs the mark of what they once were: numbers on a tag, brilliant green plumage with yellow crowning the head and red blazing through the wings — the full portrait of Amazona ochrocephala at its finest. Today, through the quiet work of Omar and his team, those numbers have learned to fly.
About the author
Alejandro Rigatuso · Fundador y Director de Fundación Loros
Alejandro Rigatuso arrived at Fundación Loros after years as Vice President of Growth Marketing at Toptal, bringing with him an unconventional perspective: he knows an animal is well by its eyes, "bright, wide open." Lorenzo, the first parrot released, recaptured several times and always set free to fly again, marked him forever. At dusk, around five-thirty, you'll find him at the Mirador de las Ciénagas or wandering around Cerro El Peligro, envisioning observation towers and hundreds of native parrots soaring over a reserve that an entire community calls their own.
