Orthemis discolor
In 3 days ~50% in a week ~80%
Orthemis discolor, known generally as the carmine skimmer or orange-bellied skimmer, is a species of skimmer in the dragonfly family Libellulidae. The IUCN conservation status of Orthemis discolor is "LC", least concern, with no immediate threat to the species' survival. The population is stable. The IUCN status was reviewed in 2017. Wikipedia →
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | San Pedro Sula | 🇭🇳 Honduras | |
| 2 | Panama City | 🇵🇦 Panama | |
| 3 | Fortaleza | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 4 | San Salvador | 🇸🇻 El Salvador | |
| 5 | San José | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 6 | Rio de Janeiro | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 7 | Guadalajara | 🇲🇽 México | |
| 8 | Lima | 🇵🇪 Peru | |
| 9 | São Paulo | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 10 | Houston | 🇺🇸 United States |
Possible
About 20% of wildlife watchers report a Carmine Skimmer sighting in Pico Bonito National Park on a given day, based on 5 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 23rd most-seen of the 33 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.
October
In that month about 50% of wildlife watchers report a Carmine Skimmer in Pico Bonito National Park on a given day, against under 5% in March–April, June–July, September and November–January, the lowest months. That is one of Pico Bonito National Park's wettest months, with about 310 mm of rain against 80 mm in April.
Between 9 am and noon
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Carmine Skimmer sightings with a recorded time, and about 9 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
3rd of 26
Of the 26 parks where we can rate Carmine Skimmer sightings, Pico Bonito National Park ranks 3rd at about 20%. The best odds are in Brownsberg Nature Park (Suriname, about 30%) and Bastimentos Island National Marine Park (Panama, about 20%).
Same family: Libellulidae
The closest relatives of the Carmine Skimmer that you can see in Pico Bonito National Park (family Libellulidae, Skimmers) are Band-Winged Dragonlet (about 40%) and Tropical Woodskimmer (about 20%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Carmine Skimmer is recorded against all the insects logged in Pico Bonito National Park (5 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.
