Erythemis plebeja
In 3 days ~60% in a week ~90%
Erythemis plebeja, the pin-tailed pondhawk, is a species of skimmer in the dragonfly family Libellulidae. It is found in the Caribbean Sea, Central America, North America, and South America. The IUCN conservation status of Erythemis plebeja is "LC", least concern, with no immediate threat to the species' survival. The population is increasing. The IUCN status was reviewed in 2017. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Los Haitises National Park | 🇩🇴 Dominican Republic | |
| 2 | Palo Verde National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 3 | Lago de Yojoa | 🇭🇳 Honduras | |
| 4 | Iberá National Park | 🇦🇷 Argentina | |
| 5 | Caroni Swamp | 🇹🇹 Trinidad and Tobago | |
| 6 | Soberanía National Park | 🇵🇦 Panama | |
| 7 | Biotopo Cerro Cahuí | 🇬🇹 Guatemala | |
| 8 | Ría Lagartos Biosphere Reserve | 🇲🇽 Mexico | |
| 9 | Everglades National Park | 🇺🇸 United States |
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Barranquilla | 🇨🇴 Colombia | |
| 2 | San Pedro Sula | 🇭🇳 Honduras | |
| 3 | Vitória | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 4 | Fortaleza | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 5 | Buenos Aires | 🇦🇷 Argentina | |
| 6 | Miami | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 7 | Rio de Janeiro | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 8 | Orlando | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 9 | Lima | 🇵🇪 Peru | |
| 10 | São Paulo | 🇧🇷 Brazil |
Possible
About 20% of wildlife watchers report a Pin-Tailed Pondhawk sighting in Palo Verde National Park on a given day, based on 26 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 9th most-seen of the 30 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 60%, and over a week to about 90%, if each day is a fresh chance.
December
In that month about 60% of wildlife watchers report a Pin-Tailed Pondhawk in Palo Verde National Park on a given day, against under 5% in February–April and June–July, the lowest months. That is one of Palo Verde National Park's driest months, with about 35 mm of rain against 480 mm in October.
Between noon and 3 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Pin-Tailed Pondhawk 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 9
Of the 9 parks where we can rate Pin-Tailed Pondhawk sightings, Palo Verde National Park ranks 2nd at about 20%. The best odds are in Los Haitises National Park (Dominican Republic, about 30%).
Same genus: Erythemis
The closest relatives of the Pin-Tailed Pondhawk that you can see in Palo Verde National Park (genus Erythemis, Pondhawks) are Great Pondhawk (about 50%), Flame-Tailed Pondhawk (about 30%) and Black Pondhawk (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Pin-Tailed Pondhawk is recorded against all the insects logged in Palo Verde National Park (26 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.
