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In 3 days ~30% in a week ~60%
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Piedras Blancas National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 2 | Parque Natural Metropolitano | 🇵🇦 Panama | |
| 3 | Soberanía National Park | 🇵🇦 Panama |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Golden Amberwing sighting in Piedras Blancas National Park on a given day, based on 11 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 60th 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 Golden Amberwing in Piedras Blancas National Park on a given day, against under 5% in January, April–May and September–November, the lowest months.
Between 9 am and noon
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Golden Amberwing sightings with a recorded time, and about 9 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
Yes
Of the 3 parks where we can rate Golden Amberwing sightings, Piedras Blancas National Park has the highest daily chance: about 10%. Next come Parque Natural Metropolitano (Panama, about 10%) and Soberanía National Park (Panama, about 10%).
Same family: Libellulidae
The closest relatives of the Golden Amberwing 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 Golden Amberwing is recorded against all the insects logged in Piedras Blancas National Park (11 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.
