Erythemis peruviana
In 3 days ~30% in a week ~60%
Erythemis peruviana, also known by its common name flame-tailed pondhawk, is a species from the genus Erythemis. This species was first described and named by Jules Pierre Rambur. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Parque Estadual Encontro das Águas | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 2 | Palo Verde National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 3 | Soberanía National Park | 🇵🇦 Panama | |
| 4 | Iberá National Park | 🇦🇷 Argentina | |
| 5 | Darién National Park | 🇵🇦 Panama | |
| 6 | Lago de Yojoa | 🇭🇳 Honduras | |
| 7 | Yasuní National Park | 🇪🇨 Ecuador | |
| 8 | Piedras Blancas National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 9 | Manu National Park | 🇵🇪 Peru | |
| 10 | La Amistad International Park (Panama) | 🇵🇦 Panama |
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Barranquilla | 🇨🇴 Colombia | |
| 2 | Vitória | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 3 | Panama City | 🇵🇦 Panama | |
| 4 | Buenos Aires | 🇦🇷 Argentina |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Flame-Tailed Pondhawk sighting in Piedras Blancas National Park on a given day, based on 12 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 82nd most-seen of the 117 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 30%, and over a week to about 60%, if each day is a fresh chance.
December
In that month about 30% of wildlife watchers report a Flame-Tailed Pondhawk in Piedras Blancas National Park on a given day, against under 5% in March and May–November, the lowest months.
Between 9 am and noon
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Flame-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.
8th of 10
Of the 10 parks where we can rate Flame-Tailed Pondhawk sightings, Piedras Blancas National Park ranks 8th at about 10%. The best odds are in Parque Estadual Encontro das Águas (Brazil, about 40%), Palo Verde National Park (Costa Rica, about 30%) and Soberanía National Park (Panama, about 30%). All parks ranked.
Same family: Libellulidae
The closest relatives of the Flame-Tailed Pondhawk that you can see in Piedras Blancas National Park (family Libellulidae, Skimmers) are Tropical Woodskimmer (about 40%), Brilliant Redskimmer (about 20%) and Blue-Eyed Setwing (about 20%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Flame-Tailed Pondhawk is recorded against all the insects logged in Piedras Blancas 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.
