Xylocopa aestuans
In 3 days ~40% in a week ~70%
Xylocopa aestuans, or Xylocopa (Koptortosoma) aestuans, is a species of carpenter bee. It is widely distributed in Southeast Asia. It is a large bee, measuring more than 20mm in length. Historically, Xylocopa pubescens has sometimes been treated as a subspecies of aestuans. The two taxa have different distributions, with X. aestuans restricted to Southeast Asia, while X. pubescens occurs throughout most of Africa and eastward as far as the entire region of South Asia. There are also very clear, but subtle differences in the morphology of females and males. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
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| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Surakarta | 🇮🇩 Indonesia | |
| 2 | Denpasar | 🇮🇩 Indonesia | |
| 3 | Yogyakarta | 🇮🇩 Indonesia | |
| 4 | Jakarta | 🇮🇩 Indonesia | |
| 5 | Singapore | 🇸🇬 Singapore | |
| 6 | Bandung | 🇮🇩 Indonesia | |
| 7 | Kuala Lumpur | 🇲🇾 Malaysia |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a White-Cheeked Carpenter sighting in Jakarta on a given day, based on 26 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 56th most-seen of the 239 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 40%, and over a week to about 70%, if each day is a fresh chance.
June
In that month about 30% of wildlife watchers report a White-Cheeked Carpenter in Jakarta on a given day, against under 5% in April–May and September, the lowest months. That is one of Jakarta's driest months, with about 90 mm of rain against 370 mm in February.
4th of 7
Of the 7 cities where we can rate White-Cheeked Carpenter sightings, Jakarta ranks 4th at about 10%. The best odds are in Surakarta (Indonesia, about 20%), Denpasar (Indonesia, about 20%) and Yogyakarta (Indonesia, about 20%).
Same genus: Xylocopa
The closest relatives of the White-Cheeked Carpenter that you can see in Jakarta (genus Xylocopa, Large Carpenter Bees) are Broad-Handed Carpenter Bee (about 10%) and Blue Carpenter Bee (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the White-Cheeked Carpenter is recorded against all the insects logged in Jakarta (26 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.
