Ictinogomphus rapax
In 3 days ~40% in a week ~70%
Ictinogomphus rapax, the common clubtail, is a species of dragonfly in the family Gomphidae. It is found throughout the Indomalayan region. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Wilpattu National Park | 🇱🇰 Sri Lanka | |
| 2 | Minneriya National Park | 🇱🇰 Sri Lanka |
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Salem | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 2 | Bhopal | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 3 | Thiruvananthapuram | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 4 | Thrissur | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 5 | Kaohsiung | 🇹🇼 Taiwan | |
| 6 | Dhaka | 🇧🇩 Bangladesh | |
| 7 | Kolkata | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 8 | Taipei | 🇹🇼 Taiwan | |
| 9 | Kochi | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 10 | Colombo [Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte] | 🇱🇰 Sri Lanka |
Possible
About 20% of wildlife watchers report an Indian Common Clubtail sighting in Minneriya National Park on a given day, based on 10 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 19th most-seen of the 44 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 40%, and over a week to about 70%, if each day is a fresh chance.
April, June and November
In those months about 30% of wildlife watchers report an Indian Common Clubtail in Minneriya National Park on a given day, against under 5% in March, July, September–October and December–January, the lowest months.
Between 7 and 10 am
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Indian Common Clubtail sightings with a recorded time, and about 9 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
2nd of 2
Of the 2 parks where we can rate Indian Common Clubtail sightings, Minneriya National Park ranks 2nd at about 20%. The best odds are in Wilpattu National Park (Sri Lanka, about 30%).
Same order: Odonata
The closest relatives of the Indian Common Clubtail that you can see in Minneriya National Park (order Odonata, Dragonflies and Damselflies) are Pied Paddy Skimmer (about 30%), Crimson Marsh Glider (about 20%) and Chalky Percher (about 20%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Indian Common Clubtail is recorded against all the insects logged in Minneriya National Park (10 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.
