Achlyodes pallida
In 3 days ~20% in a week ~50%
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Monteverde Cloud Forest Reserve | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 2 | Cumbres de Monterrey National Park | 🇲🇽 Mexico |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Pale Sicklewing sighting in Quito on a given day, based on 8 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 60th most-seen of the 83 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 20%, and over a week to about 50%, if each day is a fresh chance.
July and August
In those months about 20% of wildlife watchers report a Pale Sicklewing in Quito on a given day, against under 5% in April, June, September and November–January, the lowest months. Those are among Quito's driest months, with about 30 mm of rain a month against 180 mm in April.
Between 10 am and 1 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Pale Sicklewing sightings with a recorded time, and nearly all of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
Among the best
Of the 8 cities where we can rate Pale Sicklewing sightings, Quito ranks 6th at about 10%, level with the leaders once rounded. The best odds are in Puebla (México, about 10%), Toluca (México, about 10%) and Mexico City (México, about 10%).
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Pale Sicklewing is recorded against all the insects logged in Quito (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.
