Erythemis peruviana
In 3 days ~20% in a week ~40%
Erythemis peruviana, also known by its common name flame-tailed pondhawk, is a species from the genus Erythemis. This species was first described and named by Jules Pierre Rambur. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Parque Estadual Encontro das Águas | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 2 | Palo Verde National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 3 | Soberanía National Park | 🇵🇦 Panama | |
| 4 | Iberá National Park | 🇦🇷 Argentina | |
| 5 | Darién National Park | 🇵🇦 Panama | |
| 6 | Lago de Yojoa | 🇭🇳 Honduras | |
| 7 | Yasuní National Park | 🇪🇨 Ecuador | |
| 8 | Piedras Blancas National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 9 | Manu National Park | 🇵🇪 Peru | |
| 10 | La Amistad International Park (Panama) | 🇵🇦 Panama |
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Barranquilla | 🇨🇴 Colombia | |
| 2 | Vitória | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 3 | Panama City | 🇵🇦 Panama | |
| 4 | Buenos Aires | 🇦🇷 Argentina |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Flame-Tailed Pondhawk sighting in Manu National Park on a given day, based on 5 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 296th most-seen of the 366 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.
September
In that month about 20% of wildlife watchers report a Flame-Tailed Pondhawk in Manu National Park on a given day, against under 5% in May–August, October and December–March, the lowest months. That is one of Manu National Park's driest months, with about 90 mm of rain against 290 mm in February.
Between 9 am and noon
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Flame-Tailed Pondhawk sightings with a recorded time, and about 9 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
9th of 10
Of the 10 parks where we can rate Flame-Tailed Pondhawk sightings, Manu National Park ranks 9th at about 10%. The best odds are in Parque Estadual Encontro das Águas (Brazil, about 40%), Palo Verde National Park (Costa Rica, about 30%) and Soberanía National Park (Panama, about 30%). All parks ranked.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Flame-Tailed Pondhawk is recorded against all the insects logged in Manu National Park (5 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.
