Phyllogomphus selysi
In 3 days ~10% in a week ~30%
Phyllogomphus selysi is a species of dragonfly in the family Gomphidae. It is found in Angola, Botswana, Cameroon, the Republic of the Congo, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, South Africa, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe, and possibly Burundi. Its natural habitat is rivers. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kruger National Park | 🇿🇦 South Africa |
More parks will be added in future updates.
Rare
Under 5% of wildlife watchers report a Bold Leaftail sighting in Kruger National Park on a given day, based on 23 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 358th most-seen of the 748 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 10%, and over a week to about 30%, if each day is a fresh chance.
January to March
In those months about 10% of wildlife watchers report a Bold Leaftail in Kruger National Park on a given day, against under 5% in April to December, the lowest months. Those are among Kruger National Park's wettest months, with about 80 mm of rain a month against almost none in August.
Between noon and 3 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Bold Leaftail sightings with a recorded time, and about 8 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
Only Kruger National Park, in our data
Kruger National Park is the only park on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Bold Leaftail sightings: under 5% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
Same family: Gomphidae
The closest relatives of the Bold Leaftail that you can see in Kruger National Park (family Gomphidae, Clubtails) are Common Hooktail (about 10%), Tigertail (about 10%) and Flapper Hooktail (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Bold Leaftail is recorded against all the insects logged in Kruger National Park (23 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.
