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In 3 days ~40% in a week ~60%
| # | 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 |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Sooty Copper sighting in Ordesa y Monte Perdido National Park on a given day, based on 7 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 47th most-seen of the 79 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 40%, and over a week to about 60%, if each day is a fresh chance.
June and September
In those months about 20% of wildlife watchers report a Sooty Copper in Ordesa y Monte Perdido National Park on a given day, against under 5% in March–May and October–November, the lowest months. January has too few records to rate.
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.
16th of 18
Of the 18 parks where we can rate Sooty Copper sightings, Ordesa y Monte Perdido National Park ranks 16th at about 10%. The best odds are in Aigüestortes National Park (Spain, about 40%), Mercantour National Park (France, about 40%) and Cévennes National Park (France, about 40%). All parks ranked.
Same family: Lycaenidae
The closest relatives of the Sooty Copper that you can see in Ordesa y Monte Perdido National Park (family Lycaenidae, Gossamer-winged Butterflies) are Chalkhill Blue (about 30%), Green Hairstreak (about 20%) and Common Blue (about 20%), 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 Ordesa y Monte Perdido National Park (7 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.
