Malagasy Bluet

Malagasy Bluet

Azuragrion kauderni

Daily sighting probability ~30% · Possible
at Antananarivo

In 3 days ~70% in a week ~90%

32 Verified sightings at Antananarivo
16 In 1 park From 2019 to 2026
May Best month
☀️🌙 Day & Night When it's spotted

Global Distribution

Parks Where Found

# Park Country Daily sighting probability
1 Ankarafantsika National Park 🇲🇬 Madagascar
~30%

More parks will be added in future updates.

Cities Where Found

# City Country Daily sighting probability
1 Antananarivo 🇲🇬 Madagascar
~30%

Before you go

What are the chances of seeing a Malagasy Bluet in Antananarivo?

Possible

About 30% of wildlife watchers report a Malagasy Bluet sighting in Antananarivo on a given day, based on 32 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 14th most-seen of the 59 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 70%, and over a week to about 90%, if each day is a fresh chance.

When is the best time to see a Malagasy Bluet in Antananarivo?

May

In that month about 50% of wildlife watchers report a Malagasy Bluet in Antananarivo on a given day, against under 5% in June and December, the lowest months. That is one of Antananarivo's driest months, with about 85 mm of rain against 480 mm in January.

What time of day is best to see a Malagasy Bluet?

Between 8 and 11 am

Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Malagasy Bluet sightings with a recorded time, and about 7 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is seen both by day and at night.

Where else can you see a Malagasy Bluet?

Only Antananarivo, in our data

Antananarivo is the only city on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Malagasy Bluet sightings: about 30% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.

Which relatives of the Malagasy Bluet live in Antananarivo?

Same family: Coenagrionidae

The closest relatives of the Malagasy Bluet that you can see in Antananarivo (family Coenagrionidae, Narrow-winged Damselflies) are Common Bluetail (about 50%), Common Citril (about 40%) and Bright Sprite (about 20%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.

Where does the Malagasy Bluet sighting chance come from?

GBIF citizen-science records

It is estimated from how often the Malagasy Bluet is recorded against all the insects logged in Antananarivo (32 verified sightings), 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.

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