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In 3 days ~50% in a week ~80%
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cockscomb Basin Wildlife Sanctuary | 🇧🇿 Belize | |
| 2 | Lago de Yojoa | 🇭🇳 Honduras | |
| 3 | Soberanía National Park | 🇵🇦 Panama |
Possible
About 20% of wildlife watchers report a Slender Skimmer sighting in Cockscomb Basin Wildlife Sanctuary on a given day, based on 5 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 12th most-seen of the 15 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.
March
In that month about 50% of wildlife watchers report a Slender Skimmer in Cockscomb Basin Wildlife Sanctuary on a given day, against under 5% in January–February and April–August, the lowest months. That is one of Cockscomb Basin Wildlife Sanctuary's driest months, with about 95 mm of rain against 300 mm in June. September has too few records to rate.
Between 9 am and noon
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Slender 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.
Yes
Of the 3 parks where we can rate Slender Skimmer sightings, Cockscomb Basin Wildlife Sanctuary has the highest daily chance: about 20%. Next come Lago de Yojoa (Honduras, about 10%) and Soberanía National Park (Panama, about 10%).
Same family: Libellulidae
The closest relatives of the Slender Skimmer that you can see in Cockscomb Basin Wildlife Sanctuary (family Libellulidae, Skimmers) are Red-Faced Dragonlet (about 30%) and Tropical Woodskimmer (about 20%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Slender Skimmer is recorded against all the insects logged in Cockscomb Basin Wildlife Sanctuary (5 verified sightings from 2019 to 2026), 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.
