Flame-Tailed Pondhawk

Flame-Tailed Pondhawk

Erythemis peruviana

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

In 3 days ~10% in a week ~30%

8 Verified sightings at Panama City
288 In all 10 parks From 2019 to 2026
February Best month
☀️ Diurnal When it's spotted

About the Flame-Tailed Pondhawk

Erythemis peruviana, also known by its common name flame-tailed pondhawk, is a species from the genus Erythemis. This species was first described and named by Jules Pierre Rambur. Wikipedia →

Global Distribution

Parks Where Found

# Park Country Daily sighting probability
1 Parque Estadual Encontro das Águas 🇧🇷 Brazil
~40%
2 Palo Verde National Park 🇨🇷 Costa Rica
~30%
3 Soberanía National Park 🇵🇦 Panama
~30%
4 Iberá National Park 🇦🇷 Argentina
~30%
5 Darién National Park 🇵🇦 Panama
~20%
6 Lago de Yojoa 🇭🇳 Honduras
~20%
7 Yasuní National Park 🇪🇨 Ecuador
~10%
8 Piedras Blancas National Park 🇨🇷 Costa Rica
~10%
9 Manu National Park 🇵🇪 Peru
~10%
10 La Amistad International Park (Panama) 🇵🇦 Panama
<5%

Cities Where Found

# City Country Daily sighting probability
1 Barranquilla 🇨🇴 Colombia
~20%
2 Vitória 🇧🇷 Brazil
~10%
3 Panama City 🇵🇦 Panama
~10%
4 Buenos Aires 🇦🇷 Argentina
<5%

Before you go

What are the chances of seeing a Flame-Tailed Pondhawk in Panama City?

With luck

About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Flame-Tailed Pondhawk sighting in Panama City on a given day, based on 8 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 59th most-seen of the 131 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 10%, and over a week to about 30%, if each day is a fresh chance.

When is the best time to see a Flame-Tailed Pondhawk in Panama City?

July, October and December–February

In those months about 10% of wildlife watchers report a Flame-Tailed Pondhawk in Panama City on a given day, against under 5% in March–June, August–September and November, the lowest months.

What time of day is best to see a Flame-Tailed Pondhawk?

Between 9 am and noon

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

Is Panama City the best place to see a Flame-Tailed Pondhawk?

3rd of 4

Of the 4 cities where we can rate Flame-Tailed Pondhawk sightings, Panama City ranks 3rd at about 10%. The best odds are in Barranquilla (Colombia, about 20%) and Vitória (Brazil, about 10%).

Where does the Flame-Tailed Pondhawk sighting chance come from?

GBIF citizen-science records

It is estimated from how often the Flame-Tailed Pondhawk is recorded against all the insects logged in Panama City (8 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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