Telebasis salva
In 3 days ~20% in a week ~30%
Telebasis salva, the desert firetail, is a species of narrow-winged damselfly in the family Coenagrionidae. It is found in Central America, North America, and South America. The IUCN conservation status of Telebasis salva is "LC", least concern, with no immediate threat to the species' survival. The population is stable. The IUCN status was reviewed in 2018. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Saguaro National Park | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 2 | Cumbres de Monterrey National Park | 🇲🇽 Mexico |
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Austin | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 2 | Guadalajara | 🇲🇽 México | |
| 3 | Monterrey | 🇲🇽 México | |
| 4 | Mesa | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 5 | Dallas | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 6 | San Antonio | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 7 | Sacramento | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 8 | San Francisco | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 9 | Los Angeles | 🇺🇸 United States |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Desert Firetail sighting in Austin on a given day, based on 78 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 390th most-seen of the 1624 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 20%, and over a week to about 30%, if each day is a fresh chance.
April to October
In those months about 10% of wildlife watchers report a Desert Firetail in Austin on a given day, against under 5% in November to March, the lowest months.
Between 11 am and 2 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Desert Firetail sightings with a recorded time, and nearly all of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
Yes
Of the 9 cities where we can rate Desert Firetail sightings, Austin has the highest daily chance: about 10%. Next come Guadalajara (México, about 10%) and Monterrey (México, under 5%).
Same family: Coenagrionidae
The closest relatives of the Desert Firetail that you can see in Austin (family Coenagrionidae, Narrow-winged Damselflies) are Kiowa Dancer (about 20%), Blue-Ringed Dancer (about 10%) and Powdered Dancer (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Desert Firetail is recorded against all the insects logged in Austin (78 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.
