Azuragrion nigridorsum
In 3 days ~20% in a week ~40%
Azuragrion nigridorsum, the black-tailed bluet or sailing bluet, is a species of damselfly in family Coenagrionidae. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | uMkhuze Game Reserve | 🇿🇦 South Africa | |
| 2 | iSimangaliso Wetland Park | 🇿🇦 South Africa | |
| 3 | Garden Route National Park | 🇿🇦 South Africa | |
| 4 | Kruger National Park | 🇿🇦 South Africa | |
| 5 | Table Mountain National Park | 🇿🇦 South Africa |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Sailing Bluet sighting in Garden Route National Park on a given day, based on 22 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 109th most-seen of the 298 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.
March and October–January
In those months about 10% of wildlife watchers report a Sailing Bluet in Garden Route National Park on a given day, against under 5% in February and April–September, the lowest months.
Between 10 am and 1 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Sailing Bluet sightings with a recorded time, and nearly all of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
3rd of 5
Of the 5 parks where we can rate Sailing Bluet sightings, Garden Route National Park ranks 3rd at about 10%. The best odds are in uMkhuze Game Reserve (South Africa, about 20%) and iSimangaliso Wetland Park (South Africa, about 10%).
Same family: Coenagrionidae
The closest relatives of the Sailing Bluet that you can see in Garden Route National Park (family Coenagrionidae, Narrow-winged Damselflies) are Common Bluetail (about 30%), Common Citril (about 20%) and Swamp Bluet (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Sailing Bluet is recorded against all the insects logged in Garden Route National Park (22 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.
