Orthetrum luzonicum
In 3 days ~50% in a week ~80%
The marsh skimmer, also known as tricolored marsh hawk, and slender blue skimmer, (Orthetrum luzonicum) is a species of dragonfly in the family Libellulidae. It is widespread in many Asian countries. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sinharaja Forest Reserve | 🇱🇰 Sri Lanka | |
| 2 | Doi Inthanon National Park | 🇹🇭 Thailand | |
| 3 | Khao Yai National Park | 🇹🇭 Thailand | |
| 4 | Kaeng Krachan National Park | 🇹🇭 Thailand |
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Thiruvananthapuram | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 2 | Kozhikode | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 3 | Mysuru | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 4 | Colombo [Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte] | 🇱🇰 Sri Lanka | |
| 5 | Singapore | 🇸🇬 Singapore | |
| 6 | Kochi | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 7 | Pune | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 8 | Kuala Lumpur | 🇲🇾 Malaysia | |
| 9 | Taipei | 🇹🇼 Taiwan | |
| 10 | Hong Kong | 🇨🇳 China |
Possible
About 20% of wildlife watchers report a Slender Blue Skimmer sighting in Kozhikode on a given day, based on 23 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 25th most-seen of the 138 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.
September
In that month about 40% of wildlife watchers report a Slender Blue Skimmer in Kozhikode on a given day, against under 5% in February–April and June–July, the lowest months.
Between 9 am and noon
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Slender Blue Skimmer sightings with a recorded time, and about 9 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
2nd of 13
Of the 13 cities where we can rate Slender Blue Skimmer sightings, Kozhikode ranks 2nd at about 20%. The best odds are in Thiruvananthapuram (India, about 40%).
Same genus: Orthetrum
The closest relatives of the Slender Blue Skimmer that you can see in Kozhikode (genus Orthetrum) are Brown-Backed Red Marsh Hawk (about 20%), Slender Skimmer (about 20%) and Crimson-Tailed Marsh Hawk (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Slender Blue Skimmer is recorded against all the insects logged in Kozhikode (23 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.
