By Alejandro Rigatuso, Fundador y Director de Fundación Loros
Monitor Omar was walking through the Miradores sector, close to the trail, when something stopped him in the undergrowth. There, among tangled lianas and shrubs still soaked from recent rain, a mamón de mico appeared — a species rarely seen within the sanctuary. The largest tree displayed a dense canopy, its broad dark leaves scattered with water droplets, and nestled within the foliage, small white fruits or flowers glimmered faintly against the wet green of the afternoon.
He was not alone in his discovery. A little further on, tucked deep into the brush, Omar found a second specimen — smaller, nearly hidden among branches and climbing vines. "Jefe, there's another one up ahead," he can be heard saying in the audio recording, with the quiet composure of someone who knows what they've just stumbled upon is not an everyday thing. Two mamones de mico in a single outing — one adult, one barely beginning its life — in a corner of the humid tropical forest that had kept them hidden, unrecorded by anyone before.
The find was documented with four photographs, two videos, and an audio clip. The exact location within the sanctuary is still being confirmed, but the coordinates point to the heart of Miradores, where the trail dissolves into the vegetation and the rain wraps everything in silence.
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.
