Teinobasis rufithorax
In 3 days ~20% in a week ~50%
Teinobasis rufithorax is a species of damselfly in the family Coenagrionidae, commonly known as a red-breasted longtail. It is found on Cape York Peninsula, in Queensland, Australia, and on Torres Strait islands, Maluku Island, Aru Islands, New Guinea, Bismarck Archipelago and the Solomon Islands.
It inhabits shaded, deep waters. Teinobasis rufithorax is a medium-sized damselfly, with an orange body and an orange-red tip to its tail. The genus name Teinobasis is derived from the Greek τείνω (teinō, "to stretch") and βάσις (basis, "base" or "foundation"), referring to the long base of the wings.
The species name rufithorax is derived from the Latin rufus ("red" or "ruddy") and Greek θώραξ (thōrax, "chest" or "thorax"), referring to the reddish colour of its thorax. List of Odonata species of Australia Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Daintree National Park | 🇦🇺 Australia |
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With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Red-Breasted Longtail sighting in Daintree National Park on a given day, based on 11 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 376th most-seen of the 856 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.
January and March
In those months about 20% of wildlife watchers report a Red-Breasted Longtail in Daintree National Park on a given day, against under 5% in April, June, August–September and December, the lowest months. Those are among Daintree National Park's wettest months, with about 360 mm of rain a month against 50 mm in September.
Between 10 am and 1 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Red-Breasted Longtail sightings with a recorded time, and nearly all of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
Only Daintree National Park, in our data
Daintree National Park is the only park on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Red-Breasted Longtail sightings: about 10% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
Same family: Coenagrionidae
The closest relatives of the Red-Breasted Longtail that you can see in Daintree National Park (family Coenagrionidae, Narrow-winged Damselflies) are Red-Tipped Shadefly (about 10%) and Blue-Banded Longtail (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Red-Breasted Longtail is recorded against all the insects logged in Daintree National Park (11 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.
