What species of birds specifically we can find and watch at Samasati?
Let’s begin with the forest floor, where there is always a lot of activity due to the constant changes of soil and where many insects, amphibians and other animals live. Here live the anteaters, the leaf tossers and some “soterreyes” or wrens. These are not very visible and are very timid, usually brown-colored. Some have very beautiful metallic blue hues. If you walk carefully, it is possible to see the Chestnut-Backed Antbird (Mynmeciza axsul), the Ocellated Antbird (Phaenostictus mcleannani) or the Bicolored Antbird (Hylophylax naevioides) following an ant path. Or you might see a Scaly-Throated Leaftosser (Sclerurus guatemalensis) turning over leaves on the ground in search of food. Other occasional visitors to the ground or under-forest are hawks or falcons that live in the trees and hunt snakes and lizards. For example, one can easily spot the Collared Forest Falcon (Micrastur semitorquatus). In the middle layer of the forest you find the majority of the flowers and fruits, in ad
