Potamarcha congener
In 3 days ~30% in a week ~60%
Potamarcha congener is also known as the yellow-tailed ashy skimmer, common chaser, or swampwatcher. It is a species of dragonfly in the family Libellulidae, and was first described by Jules Pierre Rambur in 1842, almost fifty years before Ferdinand Karsch described its genus. Potamarcha congener is one of two species making up the genus Potamarcha, together with Potamarcha puella.
Potamarcha congener is common through much of its range, which stretches through parts of South Asia, South-East Asia, and Oceania, including in countries such as India, Indonesia, China, Australia, and Vietnam. Owing to its wide distribution, the species has been classified as Least Concern by the International Union for Conservation of Nature.
Potamarcha congener is a medium-sized dragonfly with a bluish black thorax and yellow tail with black markings. Face is olivaceous yellow to steel black or brown. Eyes are reddish brown above and bluish grey below. In male adults, the thorax and first four segments of the abdomen are covered with bluish pruinescence. In young adults, yellow markings are visible through the pruinescence. The rest of the abdomen is... Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mudumalai National Park | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 2 | Kanha National Park | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 3 | Minneriya National Park | 🇱🇰 Sri Lanka | |
| 4 | Khao Yai National Park | 🇹🇭 Thailand | |
| 5 | Kaeng Krachan National Park | 🇹🇭 Thailand |
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yogyakarta | 🇮🇩 Indonesia | |
| 2 | Raipur | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 3 | Nagpur | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 4 | Dhaka | 🇧🇩 Bangladesh | |
| 5 | Jakarta | 🇮🇩 Indonesia | |
| 6 | Kolkata | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 7 | Hyderabad | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 8 | Prayagraj | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 9 | Denpasar | 🇮🇩 Indonesia | |
| 10 | Tasikmalaya | 🇮🇩 Indonesia |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Swampwatcher sighting in Kaeng Krachan National Park on a given day, based on 18 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 96th most-seen of the 296 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 30%, and over a week to about 60%, if each day is a fresh chance.
April and November
In those months about 20% of wildlife watchers report a Swampwatcher in Kaeng Krachan National Park on a given day, against under 5% in May, July–October and December–January, the lowest months.
Between 9 am and noon
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Swampwatcher sightings with a recorded time, and nearly all of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
5th of 5
Of the 5 parks where we can rate Swampwatcher sightings, Kaeng Krachan National Park ranks 5th at about 10%. The best odds are in Mudumalai National Park (India, about 20%), Kanha National Park (India, about 20%) and Minneriya National Park (Sri Lanka, about 10%).
Same family: Libellulidae
The closest relatives of the Swampwatcher 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 Swampwatcher is recorded against all the insects logged in Kaeng Krachan National Park (18 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.
