Bronze-Winged Bamboo-Carpenter

Bronze-Winged Bamboo-Carpenter

Xylocopa tranquebarorum

Daily sighting probability <5% · Rare
at Tokyo

In 3 days ~10% in a week ~20%

19 Verified sightings at Tokyo
September 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 Tokyo?

Rare

Under 5% of wildlife watchers report a Bronze-Winged Bamboo-Carpenter sighting in Tokyo on a given day, based on 19 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 459th most-seen of the 1013 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.

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

September

In that month about 10% of wildlife watchers report a Bronze-Winged Bamboo-Carpenter in Tokyo on a given day, against under 5% in October to August, the lowest months. That is one of Tokyo's wettest months, with about 210 mm of rain against 75 mm in February.

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

17th of 17

Of the 17 cities where we can rate Bronze-Winged Bamboo-Carpenter sightings, Tokyo ranks 17th at under 5%. The best odds are in Osaka (Japan, about 20%), Nagoya (Japan, about 20%) and Nanjing (China, about 20%).

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 Tokyo (19 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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