Brown Setwing

Brown Setwing

Dythemis sterilis

Daily sighting probability ~10% · With luck
at Panama City

In 3 days ~30% in a week ~50%

29 Verified sightings at Panama City
187 In all 9 parks From 2019 to 2026
May Best month
☀️ Diurnal When it's spotted

Global Distribution

Parks Where Found

# Park Country Daily sighting probability
1 Biotopo Cerro Cahuí 🇬🇹 Guatemala
~20%
2 Lago de Yojoa 🇭🇳 Honduras
~20%
3 Soberanía National Park 🇵🇦 Panama
~20%
4 Piedras Blancas National Park 🇨🇷 Costa Rica
~20%
5 Cerro Azul Meámbar National Park 🇭🇳 Honduras
~10%
6 Arenal Volcano National Park 🇨🇷 Costa Rica
~10%
7 Corcovado National Park 🇨🇷 Costa Rica
~10%
8 Carara National Park 🇨🇷 Costa Rica
~10%
9 Parque Natural Metropolitano 🇵🇦 Panama
~10%

Cities Where Found

# City Country Daily sighting probability
1 Panama City 🇵🇦 Panama
~10%

Before you go

What are the chances of seeing a Brown Setwing in Panama City?

With luck

About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Brown Setwing sighting in Panama City on a given day, based on 29 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 10th most-seen of the 131 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 30%, and over a week to about 50%, if each day is a fresh chance.

When is the best time to see a Brown Setwing in Panama City?

May

In that month about 20% of wildlife watchers report a Brown Setwing in Panama City on a given day, against under 5% in September and November, the lowest months. That is one of Panama City's wettest months, with about 250 mm of rain against 10 mm in February.

What time of day is best to see a Brown Setwing?

Between 10 am and 1 pm

Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Brown Setwing sightings with a recorded time, and about 9 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.

Where else can you see a Brown Setwing?

Only Panama City, in our data

Panama City is the only city on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Brown Setwing sightings: about 10% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.

Where does the Brown Setwing sighting chance come from?

GBIF citizen-science records

It is estimated from how often the Brown Setwing is recorded against all the insects logged in Panama City (29 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.

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