Acisoma variegatum
In 3 days ~20% in a week ~40%
Acisoma variegatum, the slender pintail is a species of dragonfly in the family Libellulidae. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | uMkhuze Game Reserve | 🇿🇦 South Africa | |
| 2 | iSimangaliso Wetland Park | 🇿🇦 South Africa | |
| 3 | Kruger National Park | 🇿🇦 South Africa |
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Durban | 🇿🇦 South Africa |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Slender Pintail sighting in Kruger National Park on a given day, based on 38 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 200th 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.
May, August and December–February
In those months about 10% of wildlife watchers report a Slender Pintail in Kruger National Park on a given day, against under 5% in March–April, June–July and September–November, the lowest months.
Between 8 and 11 am
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Slender Pintail sightings with a recorded time, and nearly all of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
3rd of 3
Of the 3 parks where we can rate Slender Pintail sightings, Kruger 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: Libellulidae
The closest relatives of the Slender Pintail that you can see in Kruger National Park (family Libellulidae, Skimmers) are Southern Banded Groundling (about 20%), Violet Dropwing (about 20%) and Orange-Winged Dropwing (about 20%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Slender Pintail is recorded against all the insects logged in Kruger National Park (38 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.
