Bronze-Winged Bamboo-Carpenter

Bronze-Winged Bamboo-Carpenter

Xylocopa tranquebarorum

Daily sighting probability ~10% · With luck
at Taipei

In 3 days ~30% in a week ~60%

151 Verified sightings at Taipei
July Best month
☀️ Diurnal When it's spotted

Global Distribution

Parks Where Found

# Park Country Daily sighting probability

More parks will be added in future updates.

Cities Where Found

# City Country Daily sighting probability
1 Osaka 🇯🇵 Japan
~20%
2 Nagoya 🇯🇵 Japan
~20%
3 Nanjing 🇨🇳 China
~20%
4 Jinan 🇨🇳 China
~20%
5 Taichung 🇹🇼 Taiwan
~10%
6 Wuhan 🇨🇳 China
~10%
7 Taipei 🇹🇼 Taiwan
~10%
8 Tainan 🇹🇼 Taiwan
~10%
9 Suzhou 🇨🇳 China
~10%
10 Hangzhou 🇨🇳 China
~10%

Before you go

What are the chances of seeing a Bronze-Winged Bamboo-Carpenter in Taipei?

With luck

About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Bronze-Winged Bamboo-Carpenter sighting in Taipei on a given day, based on 151 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 75th most-seen of the 765 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 30%, and over a week to about 60%, if each day is a fresh chance.

When is the best time to see a Bronze-Winged Bamboo-Carpenter in Taipei?

July and August

In those months about 20% of wildlife watchers report a Bronze-Winged Bamboo-Carpenter in Taipei on a given day, against under 5% in October to February, the lowest months.

What time of day is best to see a Bronze-Winged Bamboo-Carpenter?

Between 7 and 10 am

Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Bronze-Winged Bamboo-Carpenter sightings with a recorded time, and about 8 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.

Is Taipei the best place to see a Bronze-Winged Bamboo-Carpenter?

7th of 17

Of the 17 cities where we can rate Bronze-Winged Bamboo-Carpenter sightings, Taipei ranks 7th at about 10%. The best odds are in Osaka (Japan, about 20%), Nagoya (Japan, about 20%) and Nanjing (China, about 20%).

Which relatives of the Bronze-Winged Bamboo-Carpenter live in Taipei?

Same genus: Xylocopa

The closest relatives of the Bronze-Winged Bamboo-Carpenter that you can see in Taipei (genus Xylocopa, Large Carpenter Bees) are Red-Headed Carpenter (about 10%) and Collared Carpenter Bee (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.

Where does the Bronze-Winged Bamboo-Carpenter sighting chance come from?

GBIF citizen-science records

It is estimated from how often the Bronze-Winged Bamboo-Carpenter is recorded against all the insects logged in Taipei (151 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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