Orthemis discolor
In 3 days ~20% in a week ~40%
Orthemis discolor, known generally as the carmine skimmer or orange-bellied skimmer, is a species of skimmer in the dragonfly family Libellulidae. The IUCN conservation status of Orthemis discolor is "LC", least concern, with no immediate threat to the species' survival. The population is stable. The IUCN status was reviewed in 2017. Wikipedia →
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | San Pedro Sula | 🇭🇳 Honduras | |
| 2 | Panama City | 🇵🇦 Panama | |
| 3 | Fortaleza | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 4 | San Salvador | 🇸🇻 El Salvador | |
| 5 | San José | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 6 | Rio de Janeiro | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 7 | Guadalajara | 🇲🇽 México | |
| 8 | Lima | 🇵🇪 Peru | |
| 9 | São Paulo | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 10 | Houston | 🇺🇸 United States |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Carmine Skimmer sighting in San Salvador on a given day, based on 7 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 37th most-seen of the 72 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 20%, and over a week to about 40%, if each day is a fresh chance.
January and March
In those months about 20% of wildlife watchers report a Carmine Skimmer in San Salvador on a given day, against under 5% in February, April–August and October–November, the lowest months. Those are among San Salvador's driest months, with about 5 mm of rain a month against 280 mm in September.
Between 9 am and noon
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Carmine Skimmer sightings with a recorded time, and about 9 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
4th of 10
Of the 10 cities where we can rate Carmine Skimmer sightings, San Salvador ranks 4th at about 10%. The best odds are in San Pedro Sula (Honduras, about 20%), Panama City (Panama, about 10%) and Fortaleza (Brazil, about 10%).
Same family: Libellulidae
The closest relatives of the Carmine Skimmer that you can see in San Salvador (family Libellulidae, Skimmers) are Black-Winged Dragonlet (about 10%), Wandering Glider (about 10%) and Slender Clubskimmer (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Carmine Skimmer is recorded against all the insects logged in San Salvador (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.
