Erythemis peruviana
In 3 days ~20% in a week ~50%
Erythemis peruviana, also known by its common name flame-tailed pondhawk, is a species from the genus Erythemis. This species was first described and named by Jules Pierre Rambur. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Parque Estadual Encontro das Águas | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 2 | Palo Verde National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 3 | Soberanía National Park | 🇵🇦 Panama | |
| 4 | Iberá National Park | 🇦🇷 Argentina | |
| 5 | Darién National Park | 🇵🇦 Panama | |
| 6 | Lago de Yojoa | 🇭🇳 Honduras | |
| 7 | Yasuní National Park | 🇪🇨 Ecuador | |
| 8 | Piedras Blancas National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 9 | Manu National Park | 🇵🇪 Peru | |
| 10 | La Amistad International Park (Panama) | 🇵🇦 Panama |
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Barranquilla | 🇨🇴 Colombia | |
| 2 | Vitória | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 3 | Panama City | 🇵🇦 Panama | |
| 4 | Buenos Aires | 🇦🇷 Argentina |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Flame-Tailed Pondhawk sighting in Vitória on a given day, based on 14 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 44th most-seen of the 129 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 20%, and over a week to about 50%, if each day is a fresh chance.
April and December–January
In those months about 20% of wildlife watchers report a Flame-Tailed Pondhawk in Vitória on a given day, against under 5% in February, May and July–November, the lowest months. Those are among Vitória's wettest months, with about 150 mm of rain a month against 45 mm in July.
Between 9 am and noon
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Flame-Tailed Pondhawk sightings with a recorded time, and about 9 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
2nd of 4
Of the 4 cities where we can rate Flame-Tailed Pondhawk sightings, Vitória ranks 2nd at about 10%. The best odds are in Barranquilla (Colombia, about 20%).
Same genus: Erythemis
The closest relatives of the Flame-Tailed Pondhawk that you can see in Vitória (genus Erythemis, Pondhawks) are Pin-Tailed Pondhawk (about 10%), Great Pondhawk (about 10%) and Black Pondhawk (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Flame-Tailed Pondhawk is recorded against all the insects logged in Vitória (14 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.
