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In 3 days ~80% in a week >90%
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Aigüestortes National Park | 🇪🇸 Spain | |
| 2 | Mercantour National Park | 🇫🇷 France | |
| 3 | Cévennes National Park | 🇫🇷 France | |
| 4 | Biebrza National Park | 🇵🇱 Poland | |
| 5 | Hohe Tauern National Park | 🇦🇹 Austria | |
| 6 | Picos de Europa National Park | 🇪🇸 Spain | |
| 7 | Pyrénées National Park | 🇫🇷 France | |
| 8 | Vanoise National Park | 🇫🇷 France | |
| 9 | Triglav National Park | 🇸🇮 Slovenia | |
| 10 | Białowieża National Park | 🇵🇱 Poland | |
| 11 | Plitvice Lakes National Park | 🇭🇷 Croatia | |
| 12 | Sierra Nevada National Park | 🇪🇸 Spain | |
| 13 | Ecrins National Park | 🇫🇷 France | |
| 14 | Sierra de Guadarrama National Park | 🇪🇸 Spain | |
| 15 | Fertő-Hanság National Park | 🇭🇺 Hungary | |
| 16 | Ordesa y Monte Perdido National Park | 🇪🇸 Spain | |
| 17 | Camargue | 🇫🇷 France | |
| 18 | Bavarian Forest National Park | 🇩🇪 Germany |
Likely
About 40% of wildlife watchers report a Sooty Copper sighting in Mercantour National Park on a given day, based on 89 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 16th most-seen of the 412 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 80%, and over a week to over 90%, if each day is a fresh chance.
July
In that month about 50% of wildlife watchers report a Sooty Copper in Mercantour National Park on a given day, against under 5% in January, March–May and October–November, the lowest months.
Between 10 am and 1 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Sooty Copper sightings with a recorded time, and about 9 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
Among the best
Of the 18 parks where we can rate Sooty Copper sightings, Mercantour National Park ranks 2nd at about 40%, level with the leaders once rounded. The best odds are in Aigüestortes National Park (Spain, about 40%). All parks ranked.
Same family: Lycaenidae
The closest relatives of the Sooty Copper that you can see in Mercantour National Park (family Lycaenidae, Gossamer-winged Butterflies) are Scarce Copper (about 50%), Chalkhill Blue (about 40%) and Damon Blue (about 30%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Sooty Copper is recorded against all the insects logged in Mercantour National Park (89 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.
