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In 3 days ~30% in a week ~60%
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bastimentos Island National Marine Park | 🇵🇦 Panama | |
| 2 | Carara National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 3 | La Amistad International Park (Panama) | 🇵🇦 Panama |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Swamp Dancer sighting in Bastimentos Island National Marine Park on a given day, based on 7 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 29th most-seen of the 52 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 30%, and over a week to about 60%, if each day is a fresh chance.
June
In that month about 30% of wildlife watchers report a Swamp Dancer in Bastimentos Island National Marine Park on a given day, against under 5% in February, April, July–September and November–December, the lowest months.
Between noon and 3 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Swamp Dancer sightings with a recorded time, and about 9 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
Yes
Of the 3 parks where we can rate Swamp Dancer sightings, Bastimentos Island National Marine Park has the highest daily chance: about 10%. Next come Carara National Park (Costa Rica, about 10%) and La Amistad International Park (Panama) (Panama, under 5%).
Same order: Odonata
The closest relatives of the Swamp Dancer that you can see in Bastimentos Island National Marine Park (order Odonata, Dragonflies and Damselflies) are Carmine Skimmer (about 20%), Gray-Waisted Skimmer (about 20%) and Tropical Woodskimmer (about 20%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Swamp Dancer is recorded against all the insects logged in Bastimentos Island National Marine Park (7 verified sightings from 2019 to 2026), calibrated against known sighting rates. Figures are rounded to the nearest 10% because citizen-science data supports honest approximations, not decimals, and months with records from fewer than five people show "—". How it works.
