Uracis imbuta
In 3 days ~50% in a week ~80%
Uracis imbuta, also known by its common name tropical woodskimmer, is a species of dragonfly from the genus Uracis. The species was first described by Hermann Burmeister in 1839. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Piedras Blancas National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 2 | Darién National Park | 🇵🇦 Panama | |
| 3 | Pico Bonito National Park | 🇭🇳 Honduras | |
| 4 | Cockscomb Basin Wildlife Sanctuary | 🇧🇿 Belize | |
| 5 | Corcovado National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 6 | Bastimentos Island National Marine Park | 🇵🇦 Panama | |
| 7 | Gandoca-Manzanillo Wildlife Refuge | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 8 | Braulio Carrillo National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 9 | Tortuguero National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 10 | Manuel Antonio National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 11 | Cabo Blanco Absolute Nature Reserve | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 12 | Biotopo Cerro Cahuí | 🇬🇹 Guatemala | |
| 13 | Lago de Yojoa | 🇭🇳 Honduras | |
| 14 | Carara National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 15 | Cerro Azul Meámbar National Park | 🇭🇳 Honduras | |
| 16 | Parque Natural Metropolitano | 🇵🇦 Panama | |
| 17 | Soberanía National Park | 🇵🇦 Panama | |
| 18 | La Amistad International Park (Panama) | 🇵🇦 Panama | |
| 19 | Arenal Volcano National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 20 | Manu National Park | 🇵🇪 Peru |
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Panama City | 🇵🇦 Panama |
Possible
About 20% of wildlife watchers report a Tropical Woodskimmer 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 and April
In those months about 40% of wildlife watchers report a Tropical Woodskimmer in Cockscomb Basin Wildlife Sanctuary on a given day, against under 5% in May, July–August and December–January, the lowest months. Those are among Cockscomb Basin Wildlife Sanctuary's driest months, with about 85 mm of rain a month 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 Tropical Woodskimmer sightings with a recorded time, and about 8 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
4th of 20
Of the 20 parks where we can rate Tropical Woodskimmer sightings, Cockscomb Basin Wildlife Sanctuary ranks 4th at about 20%. The best odds are in Piedras Blancas National Park (Costa Rica, about 40%), Darién National Park (Panama, about 20%) and Pico Bonito National Park (Honduras, about 20%).
Same family: Libellulidae
The closest relatives of the Tropical Woodskimmer that you can see in Cockscomb Basin Wildlife Sanctuary (family Libellulidae, Skimmers) are Red-Faced Dragonlet (about 30%) and Slender Skimmer (about 20%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Tropical Woodskimmer 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.
