Erythemis peruviana
In 3 days ~50% in a week ~80%
Erythemis peruviana, also known by its common name flame-tailed pondhawk, is a species from the genus Erythemis. This species was first described and named by Jules Pierre Rambur. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Parque Estadual Encontro das Águas | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 2 | Palo Verde National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 3 | Soberanía National Park | 🇵🇦 Panama | |
| 4 | Iberá National Park | 🇦🇷 Argentina | |
| 5 | Darién National Park | 🇵🇦 Panama | |
| 6 | Lago de Yojoa | 🇭🇳 Honduras | |
| 7 | Yasuní National Park | 🇪🇨 Ecuador | |
| 8 | Piedras Blancas National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 9 | Manu National Park | 🇵🇪 Peru | |
| 10 | La Amistad International Park (Panama) | 🇵🇦 Panama |
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Barranquilla | 🇨🇴 Colombia | |
| 2 | Vitória | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 3 | Panama City | 🇵🇦 Panama | |
| 4 | Buenos Aires | 🇦🇷 Argentina |
Possible
About 20% of wildlife watchers report a Flame-Tailed Pondhawk sighting in Barranquilla on a given day, based on 5 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. Over three days the chance rises to about 50%, and over a week to about 80%, if each day is a fresh chance.
February and April
In those months about 40% of wildlife watchers report a Flame-Tailed Pondhawk in Barranquilla on a given day, against under 5% in March, May–October and December–January, the lowest months. Those are among Barranquilla's driest months, with about 20 mm of rain a month against 220 mm in October.
Between 9 am and noon
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Flame-Tailed Pondhawk 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 4 cities where we can rate Flame-Tailed Pondhawk sightings, Barranquilla has the highest daily chance: about 20%. Next come Vitória (Brazil, about 10%) and Panama City (Panama, about 10%).
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Flame-Tailed Pondhawk is recorded against all the insects logged in Barranquilla (5 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.
