Orange-Tailed Marsh Dart

Orange-Tailed Marsh Dart

Ceriagrion cerinorubellum

Daily sighting probability ~20% · Possible
at Singapore

In 3 days ~50% in a week ~80%

789 Verified sightings at Singapore
49 In all 3 parks From 2019 to 2026
April Best month
☀️ Diurnal When it's spotted

About the Orange-Tailed Marsh Dart

Ceriagrion cerinorubellum, commonly known as the orange-tailed marsh dart or bi-coloured damsel, is a medium-sized damselfly in the family Coenagrionidae. It is a very common species of damselflies in Asia. Wikipedia →

Global Distribution

Parks Where Found

# Park Country Daily sighting probability
1 Kinabatangan Wildlife Sanctuary 🇲🇾 Malaysia
~20%
2 Sepilok 🇲🇾 Malaysia
~20%
3 Sinharaja Forest Reserve 🇱🇰 Sri Lanka
~10%

Cities Where Found

# City Country Daily sighting probability
1 Thrissur 🇮🇳 India
~30%
2 Kolkata 🇮🇳 India
~30%
3 Kuching 🇲🇾 Malaysia
~30%
4 Guwahati 🇮🇳 India
~30%
5 Dhaka 🇧🇩 Bangladesh
~20%
6 Kozhikode 🇮🇳 India
~20%
7 Kochi 🇮🇳 India
~20%
8 Singapore 🇸🇬 Singapore
~20%
9 Ponnani 🇮🇳 India
~20%
10 Johor Bahru 🇲🇾 Malaysia
~20%

Before you go

What are the chances of seeing an Orange-Tailed Marsh Dart in Singapore?

Possible

About 20% of wildlife watchers report an Orange-Tailed Marsh Dart sighting in Singapore on a given day, based on 789 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 30th most-seen of the 1045 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 50%, and over a week to about 80%, if each day is a fresh chance.

When is the best time to see an Orange-Tailed Marsh Dart in Singapore?

Any time of year

In every month with enough records, about 20% of wildlife watchers report an Orange-Tailed Marsh Dart in Singapore on a given day, so our monthly data shows no clear season.

What time of day is best to see an Orange-Tailed Marsh Dart?

Between 8 and 11 am

Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Orange-Tailed Marsh Dart sightings with a recorded time, and about 7 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.

Is Singapore the best place to see an Orange-Tailed Marsh Dart?

8th of 15

Of the 15 cities where we can rate Orange-Tailed Marsh Dart sightings, Singapore ranks 8th at about 20%. The best odds are in Thrissur (India, about 30%), Kolkata (India, about 30%) and Kuching (Malaysia, about 30%).

Where does the Orange-Tailed Marsh Dart sighting chance come from?

GBIF citizen-science records

It is estimated from how often the Orange-Tailed Marsh Dart is recorded against all the insects logged in Singapore (789 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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