Acisoma inflatum
In 3 days ~60% in a week ~90%
Acisoma inflatum, the stout pintail is a species of dragonfly in the family Libellulidae. It's genus, previously thought to have two species, has been found out to have six unique species. The stout pintail and the slender pintail look very similar to each other upon a first look, and they often can be found in the same areas. The males have bright turquoise eyes and a base color of a pale blue that is heavily mottled with black patterns. Females still have some pale blue on them and also the black mottled patterns, but their abdomens and first couple segments of the thorax also have a yellowish-brown wash over them, making them duller than the males. Both males and females have a wide base of the thorax that quickly tapers off. They also both have long pterostigmata, but in males they are paler and more blue than in females, which have that same yellowish-brown wash over them.
Throughout much of Africa; relict populations exist north of the Sahara in Algeria, Egypt and Libya. It is found near and in calm water bodies with grass, such as grassy ponds and pans. Distribution overlaps with the similar Acisoma variegatum... Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | uMkhuze Game Reserve | 🇿🇦 South Africa |
More parks will be added in future updates.
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ouagadougou | 🇧🇫 Burkina Faso |
Possible
About 20% of wildlife watchers report a Stout Pintail sighting in Ouagadougou on a given day, based on 7 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 12th most-seen of the 28 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 60%, and over a week to about 90%, if each day is a fresh chance.
April to June
In those months about 40% of wildlife watchers report a Stout Pintail in Ouagadougou on a given day, against under 5% in February–March, August and October–November, the lowest months.
Between 8 and 11 am
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Stout Pintail sightings with a recorded time, and nearly all of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
Only Ouagadougou, in our data
Ouagadougou is the only city on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Stout Pintail sightings: about 20% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
Same family: Libellulidae
The closest relatives of the Stout Pintail that you can see in Ouagadougou (family Libellulidae, Skimmers) are Broad Scarlet (about 40%), Violet Dropwing (about 40%) and Lucia Widow (about 40%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Stout Pintail is recorded against all the insects logged in Ouagadougou (7 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.
