Erythrodiplax umbrata
In 3 days ~50% in a week ~80%
Erythrodiplax umbrata, the band-winged dragonlet, 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 Erythrodiplax umbrata 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 | Salvador | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 3 | Miami | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 4 | Asuncion | 🇵🇾 Paraguay | |
| 5 | Guayaquil | 🇪🇨 Ecuador | |
| 6 | São Luís | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 7 | Santo Domingo | 🇩🇴 Dominican Republic | |
| 8 | Recife | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 9 | Fortaleza | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 10 | Vitória | 🇧🇷 Brazil |
Possible
About 20% of wildlife watchers report a Band-Winged Dragonlet sighting in Piedras Blancas National Park on a given day, based on 20 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 30th most-seen of the 117 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.
February
In that month about 40% of wildlife watchers report a Band-Winged Dragonlet in Piedras Blancas National Park on a given day, against under 5% in April–May and August–December, the lowest months. That is one of Piedras Blancas National Park's driest months, with about 55 mm of rain against 650 mm in October.
Between 11 am and 2 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Band-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.
10th of 23
Of the 23 parks where we can rate Band-Winged Dragonlet sightings, Piedras Blancas National Park ranks 10th at about 20%. The best odds are in Los Haitises National Park (Dominican Republic, about 60%), Big Cypress National Preserve (United States, about 40%) and Everglades National Park (United States, about 40%). All parks ranked.
Same genus: Erythrodiplax
The closest relatives of the Band-Winged Dragonlet that you can see in Piedras Blancas National Park (genus Erythrodiplax, Dragonlets) are Red-Faced Dragonlet (about 20%), Black-Winged Dragonlet (about 20%) and Red-Mantled Dragonlet (about 20%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Band-Winged Dragonlet is recorded against all the insects logged in Piedras Blancas National Park (20 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.
