Cannaphila vibex
In 3 days ~10% in a week ~20%
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chirripó National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 2 | La Amistad International Park (Panama) | 🇵🇦 Panama |
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Medellín | 🇨🇴 Colombia |
Rare
Under 5% of wildlife watchers report a Blue-Tailed Skimmer sighting in Medellín on a given day, based on 5 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 151st most-seen of the 175 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 10%, and over a week to about 20%, if each day is a fresh chance.
January–February and July–August
In those months about 10% of wildlife watchers report a Blue-Tailed Skimmer in Medellín on a given day, against under 5% in March–June and September–December, the lowest months.
Between 9 am and noon
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Blue-Tailed Skimmer 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 Medellín, in our data
Medellín is the only city on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Blue-Tailed Skimmer sightings: under 5% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
Same family: Libellulidae
The closest relatives of the Blue-Tailed Skimmer that you can see in Medellín (family Libellulidae, Skimmers) are Hercules Skimmer (about 10%) and Forest Pond Dasher (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Blue-Tailed Skimmer is recorded against all the insects logged in Medellín (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.
