Polites baracoa
In 3 days ~20% in a week ~40%
Polites baracoa, known generally as the baracoa skipper or little tawny edge skipper, is a species of grass skipper in the butterfly family Hesperiidae. It is found in the Caribbean Sea and North America. The MONA or Hodges number for Polites baracoa is 4040. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Everglades National Park | 🇺🇸 United States |
More parks will be added in future updates.
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Havana | 🇨🇺 Cuba | |
| 2 | Santo Domingo | 🇩🇴 Dominican Republic | |
| 3 | Miami | 🇺🇸 United States |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Baracoa Skipper sighting in Miami on a given day, based on 178 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 76th most-seen of the 826 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 20%, and over a week to about 40%, if each day is a fresh chance.
January to September
In those months about 10% of wildlife watchers report a Baracoa Skipper in Miami on a given day, against under 5% in October to December, the lowest months.
Between noon and 3 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Baracoa Skipper sightings with a recorded time, and about 9 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
3rd of 3
Of the 3 cities where we can rate Baracoa Skipper sightings, Miami ranks 3rd at about 10%. The best odds are in Havana (Cuba, about 20%) and Santo Domingo (Dominican Republic, about 20%).
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Baracoa Skipper is recorded against all the insects logged in Miami (178 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.
