Camacinia gigantea
In 3 days ~20% in a week ~40%
Camacinia gigantea, the sultan, is a species of libellulid dragonfly. The sultan is found in forests of mainland and maritime Southeast Asia. It has been recorded from Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore, Thailand, Cambodia, Myanmar, Vietnam, Bangladesh and the Philippines. In India, it is known from the eastern states of West Bengal, Assam and Nagaland, the central states of Orissa and Madhya Pradesh, and from the Andaman and Nicobar Islands territory. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kaeng Krachan National Park | 🇹🇭 Thailand |
More parks will be added in future updates.
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Singapore | 🇸🇬 Singapore | |
| 2 | Kuala Lumpur | 🇲🇾 Malaysia |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Sultan sighting in Kaeng Krachan National Park on a given day, based on 8 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 172nd most-seen of the 296 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.
July
In that month about 20% of wildlife watchers report a Sultan in Kaeng Krachan National Park on a given day, against under 5% in June and August–February, the lowest months. That is one of Kaeng Krachan National Park's wettest months, with about 230 mm of rain against 30 mm in December.
Between 9 am and noon
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Sultan sightings with a recorded time, and about 9 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
Only Kaeng Krachan National Park, in our data
Kaeng Krachan National Park is the only park on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Sultan sightings: about 10% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
Same family: Libellulidae
The closest relatives of the Sultan that you can see in Kaeng Krachan National Park (family Libellulidae, Skimmers) are Russet Percher (about 30%), Blue Marsh Hawk (about 20%) and Orange Skimmer (about 20%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Sultan is recorded against all the insects logged in Kaeng Krachan 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.
