Erythrodiplax funerea
In 3 days ~50% in a week ~80%
Erythrodiplax funerea, the black-winged dragonlet, is a species of skimmer in the dragonfly family Libellulidae. It is found in parts of southern Asia (India), Central America, North America, and South America. The IUCN conservation status of Erythrodiplax funerea is "LC", least concern, with no immediate threat to the species' survival. The IUCN status was assessed in 2016. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Darién National Park | 🇵🇦 Panama | |
| 2 | Corcovado National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 3 | Las Baulas Marine National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 4 | Palo Verde National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 5 | Ostional Wildlife Refuge | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 6 | Piedras Blancas National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 7 | Masaya Volcano National Park | 🇳🇮 Nicaragua | |
| 8 | Santa Rosa National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 9 | Marino Ballena National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 10 | Carara National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 11 | Manuel Antonio National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 12 | Soberanía National Park | 🇵🇦 Panama | |
| 13 | Parque Natural Metropolitano | 🇵🇦 Panama |
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | San Pedro Sula | 🇭🇳 Honduras | |
| 2 | San Salvador | 🇸🇻 El Salvador | |
| 3 | San José | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 4 | Panama City | 🇵🇦 Panama | |
| 5 | Guadalajara | 🇲🇽 México |
Possible
About 20% of wildlife watchers report a Black-Winged Dragonlet sighting in Palo Verde National Park on a given day, based on 12 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 16th most-seen of the 30 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.
May–June and August
In those months about 40% of wildlife watchers report a Black-Winged Dragonlet in Palo Verde National Park on a given day, against under 5% in July, September–October and December–April, the lowest months. Those are among Palo Verde National Park's wettest months, with about 320 mm of rain a month against almost none in February.
Between 9 am and noon
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Black-Winged Dragonlet sightings with a recorded time, and about 9 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
4th of 13
Of the 13 parks where we can rate Black-Winged Dragonlet sightings, Palo Verde National Park ranks 4th at about 20%. The best odds are in Darién National Park (Panama, about 30%), Corcovado National Park (Costa Rica, about 20%) and Las Baulas Marine National Park (Costa Rica, about 20%).
Same family: Libellulidae
The closest relatives of the Black-Winged Dragonlet that you can see in Palo Verde National Park (family Libellulidae, Skimmers) are Great Pondhawk (about 50%), Flame-Tailed Pondhawk (about 30%) and Pin-Tailed Pondhawk (about 20%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Black-Winged Dragonlet is recorded against all the insects logged in Palo Verde National Park (12 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.
