Erythrodiplax fusca
In 3 days ~20% in a week ~40%
Erythrodiplax fusca, the red-faced dragonlet, is a species of skimmer in the dragonfly family Libellulidae. It is found in Central America, North America, and South America. The IUCN conservation status of Erythrodiplax fusca is "LC", least concern, with no immediate threat to the species' survival. The population is stable. The IUCN status was reviewed in 2017. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cockscomb Basin Wildlife Sanctuary | 🇧🇿 Belize | |
| 2 | Biotopo Cerro Cahuí | 🇬🇹 Guatemala | |
| 3 | Piedras Blancas National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 4 | Bastimentos Island National Marine Park | 🇵🇦 Panama | |
| 5 | Cerro Azul Meámbar National Park | 🇭🇳 Honduras | |
| 6 | Corcovado National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 7 | Lago de Yojoa | 🇭🇳 Honduras | |
| 8 | Carara National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 9 | Tenorio Volcano National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 10 | La Amistad International Park (Panama) | 🇵🇦 Panama | |
| 11 | Iguazú National Park | 🇦🇷 Argentina | |
| 12 | Arenal Volcano National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 13 | Iguaçu National Park | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 14 | Braulio Carrillo National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 15 | Manu National Park | 🇵🇪 Peru | |
| 16 | Soberanía National Park | 🇵🇦 Panama |
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Panama City | 🇵🇦 Panama | |
| 2 | Rio de Janeiro | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 3 | São Paulo | 🇧🇷 Brazil |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Red-Faced Dragonlet sighting in Iguaçu National Park on a given day, based on 8 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 195th most-seen of the 279 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 20%, and over a week to about 40%, if each day is a fresh chance.
December
In that month about 20% of wildlife watchers report a Red-Faced Dragonlet in Iguaçu National Park on a given day, against under 5% in January–February, April and June–October, the lowest months.
Between 9 am and noon
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Red-Faced Dragonlet sightings with a recorded time, and about 9 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
13th of 16
Of the 16 parks where we can rate Red-Faced Dragonlet sightings, Iguaçu National Park ranks 13th at about 10%. The best odds are in Cockscomb Basin Wildlife Sanctuary (Belize, about 30%), Biotopo Cerro Cahuí (Guatemala, about 30%) and Piedras Blancas National Park (Costa Rica, about 20%).
Same genus: Erythrodiplax
The closest relatives of the Red-Faced Dragonlet that you can see in Iguaçu National Park (genus Erythrodiplax, Dragonlets) are Erythrodiplax paraguayensis (about 10%), Erythrodiplax atroterminata (about 10%) and Erythrodiplax melanorubra (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Red-Faced Dragonlet is recorded against all the insects logged in Iguaçu National Park (8 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.
