Telebasis salva
In 3 days ~10% in a week ~20%
Telebasis salva, the desert firetail, is a species of narrow-winged damselfly in the family Coenagrionidae. It is found in Central America, North America, and South America. The IUCN conservation status of Telebasis salva is "LC", least concern, with no immediate threat to the species' survival. The population is stable. The IUCN status was reviewed in 2018. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Saguaro National Park | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 2 | Cumbres de Monterrey National Park | 🇲🇽 Mexico |
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Austin | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 2 | Guadalajara | 🇲🇽 México | |
| 3 | Monterrey | 🇲🇽 México | |
| 4 | Mesa | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 5 | Dallas | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 6 | San Antonio | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 7 | Sacramento | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 8 | San Francisco | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 9 | Los Angeles | 🇺🇸 United States |
Rare
Under 5% of wildlife watchers report a Desert Firetail sighting in Sacramento on a given day, based on 5 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 350th most-seen of the 386 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 10%, and over a week to about 20%, if each day is a fresh chance.
May
In that month about 10% of wildlife watchers report a Desert Firetail in Sacramento on a given day, against under 5% in June to April, the lowest months. That is one of Sacramento's driest months, with about 25 mm of rain against 120 mm in December.
Between 11 am and 2 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Desert Firetail sightings with a recorded time, and nearly all of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
7th of 9
Of the 9 cities where we can rate Desert Firetail sightings, Sacramento ranks 7th at under 5%. The best odds are in Austin (United States, about 10%), Guadalajara (México, about 10%) and Monterrey (México, under 5%).
Same family: Coenagrionidae
The closest relatives of the Desert Firetail that you can see in Sacramento (family Coenagrionidae, Narrow-winged Damselflies) are Pacific Forktail (about 10%), Familiar Bluet (about 10%) and Vivid Dancer (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Desert Firetail is recorded against all the insects logged in Sacramento (5 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.
