Uracis imbuta
In 3 days ~30% in a week ~50%
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 |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Tropical Woodskimmer sighting in Parque Natural Metropolitano on a given day, based on 36 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 10th most-seen of the 114 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 30%, and over a week to about 50%, if each day is a fresh chance.
January and April
In those months about 20% of wildlife watchers report a Tropical Woodskimmer in Parque Natural Metropolitano on a given day, against under 5% in October to December, the lowest months. Those are among Parque Natural Metropolitano's driest months, with about 75 mm of rain a month against 350 mm in July.
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.
16th of 20
Of the 20 parks where we can rate Tropical Woodskimmer sightings, Parque Natural Metropolitano ranks 16th at about 10%. 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 Parque Natural Metropolitano (family Libellulidae, Skimmers) are Carmine Skimmer (about 10%), Blue-Eyed Setwing (about 10%) and Eastern Amberwing (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 Parque Natural Metropolitano (36 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.
