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 Kruger National Park on a given day, based on 45 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 176th most-seen of the 748 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, May and September–January
In those months about 10% of wildlife watchers report a Sailing Bluet in Kruger National Park on a given day, against under 5% in February, April and June–August, 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.
4th of 5
Of the 5 parks where we can rate Sailing Bluet sightings, Kruger National Park ranks 4th at about 10%. The best odds are in uMkhuze Game Reserve (South Africa, about 20%), iSimangaliso Wetland Park (South Africa, about 10%) and Garden Route National Park (South Africa, about 10%).
Same family: Coenagrionidae
The closest relatives of the Sailing Bluet that you can see in Kruger National Park (family Coenagrionidae, Narrow-winged Damselflies) are Cherry-Eye Sprite (about 10%), Common Citril (about 10%) and Maasai Sprite (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 Kruger National Park (45 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.
