Blue-Faced Featherleg

Blue-Faced Featherleg

Proplatycnemis pseudalatipes

Daily sighting probability ~20% · Possible
at Mantadia National Park

In 3 days ~50% in a week ~80%

9 Verified sightings at Mantadia National Park From 2019 to 2026
9 In 1 park
October Best month
☀️ Diurnal When it's spotted

Global Distribution

Parks Where Found

# Park Country Daily sighting probability
1 Mantadia National Park 🇲🇬 Madagascar
~20%

More parks will be added in future updates.

Before you go

What are the chances of seeing a Blue-Faced Featherleg in Mantadia National Park?

Possible

About 20% of wildlife watchers report a Blue-Faced Featherleg sighting in Mantadia National Park on a given day, based on 9 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 18th most-seen of the 24 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 50%, and over a week to about 80%, if each day is a fresh chance.

When is the best time to see a Blue-Faced Featherleg in Mantadia National Park?

March, May and October

In those months about 40% of wildlife watchers report a Blue-Faced Featherleg in Mantadia National Park on a given day, against under 5% in April, June–September and November–February, the lowest months.

What time of day is best to see a Blue-Faced Featherleg?

Between 10 am and 1 pm

Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Blue-Faced Featherleg sightings with a recorded time, and about 8 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.

Where else can you see a Blue-Faced Featherleg?

Only Mantadia National Park, in our data

Mantadia National Park is the only park on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Blue-Faced Featherleg sightings: about 20% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.

Which relatives of the Blue-Faced Featherleg live in Mantadia National Park?

Same order: Odonata

The closest relatives of the Blue-Faced Featherleg that you can see in Mantadia National Park (order Odonata, Dragonflies and Damselflies) are Madagascar Jungleskimmer (about 40%), Madagascar Demoiselle (about 40%) and Broad Skimmer (about 30%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.

Where does the Blue-Faced Featherleg sighting chance come from?

GBIF citizen-science records

It is estimated from how often the Blue-Faced Featherleg is recorded against all the insects logged in Mantadia National Park (9 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.

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