Uracis imbuta
In 3 days ~50% in a week ~80%
Uracis imbuta, also known by its common name tropical woodskimmer, is a species of dragonfly from the genus Uracis. The species was first described by Hermann Burmeister in 1839. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Piedras Blancas National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 2 | Darién National Park | 🇵🇦 Panama | |
| 3 | Pico Bonito National Park | 🇭🇳 Honduras | |
| 4 | Cockscomb Basin Wildlife Sanctuary | 🇧🇿 Belize | |
| 5 | Corcovado National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 6 | Bastimentos Island National Marine Park | 🇵🇦 Panama | |
| 7 | Gandoca-Manzanillo Wildlife Refuge | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 8 | Braulio Carrillo National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 9 | Tortuguero National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 10 | Manuel Antonio National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 11 | Cabo Blanco Absolute Nature Reserve | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 12 | Biotopo Cerro Cahuí | 🇬🇹 Guatemala | |
| 13 | Lago de Yojoa | 🇭🇳 Honduras | |
| 14 | Carara National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 15 | Cerro Azul Meámbar National Park | 🇭🇳 Honduras | |
| 16 | Parque Natural Metropolitano | 🇵🇦 Panama | |
| 17 | Soberanía National Park | 🇵🇦 Panama | |
| 18 | La Amistad International Park (Panama) | 🇵🇦 Panama | |
| 19 | Arenal Volcano National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 20 | Manu National Park | 🇵🇪 Peru |
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Panama City | 🇵🇦 Panama |
Possible
About 20% of wildlife watchers report a Tropical Woodskimmer sighting in Gandoca-Manzanillo Wildlife Refuge on a given day, based on 27 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 16th most-seen of the 72 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.
October and December–January
In those months about 30% of wildlife watchers report a Tropical Woodskimmer in Gandoca-Manzanillo Wildlife Refuge on a given day, against under 5% in May to September, the lowest months.
Between 9 am and noon
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Tropical Woodskimmer sightings with a recorded time, and about 8 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
7th of 20
Of the 20 parks where we can rate Tropical Woodskimmer sightings, Gandoca-Manzanillo Wildlife Refuge ranks 7th at about 20%. The best odds are in Piedras Blancas National Park (Costa Rica, about 40%), Darién National Park (Panama, about 20%) and Pico Bonito National Park (Honduras, about 20%).
Same family: Libellulidae
The closest relatives of the Tropical Woodskimmer that you can see in Gandoca-Manzanillo Wildlife Refuge (family Libellulidae, Skimmers) are Carmine Skimmer (about 20%), Hercules Skimmer (about 20%) and Band-Winged Dragonlet (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Tropical Woodskimmer is recorded against all the insects logged in Gandoca-Manzanillo Wildlife Refuge (27 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.
