What are the chances of seeing an Amazon Cracker in Belo Horizonte?
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report an Amazon Cracker sighting in Belo Horizonte on a given day, based on 9 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 105th most-seen of the 186 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 10%, and over a week to about 30%, if each day is a fresh chance.
When is the best time to see an Amazon Cracker in Belo Horizonte?
April and July–September
In those months about 10% of wildlife watchers report an Amazon Cracker in Belo Horizonte on a given day, against under 5% in May–June and October–March, the lowest months. Those are among Belo Horizonte's driest months, with about 30 mm of rain a month against 270 mm in December.
What time of day is best to see an Amazon Cracker?
Between 9 am and noon
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Amazon Cracker sightings with a recorded time, and nearly all of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
Where else can you see an Amazon Cracker?
Only Belo Horizonte, in our data
Belo Horizonte is the only city on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Amazon Cracker sightings: about 10% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
Which relatives of the Amazon Cracker live in Belo Horizonte?
Same genus: Hamadryas
The closest relatives of the Amazon Cracker that you can see in Belo Horizonte (genus Hamadryas, Cracker Butterflies) are Starry Night Cracker (about 20%), Red Cracker (about 20%) and Gray Cracker (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
Where does the Amazon Cracker sighting chance come from?
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Amazon Cracker is recorded against all the insects logged in Belo Horizonte (9 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.