Rhyothemis fenestrina
In 3 days ~50% in a week ~80%
Rhyothemis fenestrina, known as the black-winged flutterer, golden flutterer, or skylight flutterer, is a species of dragonfly in the family Libellulidae. It is found in Angola, Botswana, the Republic of the Congo, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Gabon, Ghana, Kenya, Liberia, Malawi, Namibia, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, and possibly Burundi. Its natural habitats are swamps, intermittent freshwater lakes, freshwater marshes, and intermittent freshwater marshes. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Moremi Game Reserve | 🇧🇼 Botswana |
More parks will be added in future updates.
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kampala | 🇺🇬 Uganda |
Possible
About 20% of wildlife watchers report a Skylight Flutterer sighting in Kampala on a given day, based on 18 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 11th most-seen of the 42 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 50%, and over a week to about 80%, if each day is a fresh chance.
August
In that month about 40% of wildlife watchers report a Skylight Flutterer in Kampala on a given day, against under 5% in July and November, the lowest months.
Between 11 am and 2 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Skylight Flutterer sightings with a recorded time, and about 8 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
Only Kampala, in our data
Kampala is the only city on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Skylight Flutterer sightings: about 20% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
Same family: Libellulidae
The closest relatives of the Skylight Flutterer that you can see in Kampala (family Libellulidae, Skimmers) are Southern Banded Groundling (about 30%), Violet Dropwing (about 30%) and Portia Widow (about 20%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Skylight Flutterer is recorded against all the insects logged in Kampala (18 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.
