Erythrodiplax fusca
In 3 days ~50% in a week ~80%
Erythrodiplax fusca, the red-faced dragonlet, is a species of skimmer in the dragonfly family Libellulidae. It is found in Central America, North America, and South America. The IUCN conservation status of Erythrodiplax fusca is "LC", least concern, with no immediate threat to the species' survival. The population is stable. The IUCN status was reviewed in 2017. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cockscomb Basin Wildlife Sanctuary | 🇧🇿 Belize | |
| 2 | Biotopo Cerro Cahuí | 🇬🇹 Guatemala | |
| 3 | Piedras Blancas National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 4 | Bastimentos Island National Marine Park | 🇵🇦 Panama | |
| 5 | Cerro Azul Meámbar National Park | 🇭🇳 Honduras | |
| 6 | Corcovado National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 7 | Lago de Yojoa | 🇭🇳 Honduras | |
| 8 | Carara National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 9 | Tenorio Volcano National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 10 | La Amistad International Park (Panama) | 🇵🇦 Panama | |
| 11 | Iguazú National Park | 🇦🇷 Argentina | |
| 12 | Arenal Volcano National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 13 | Iguaçu National Park | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 14 | Braulio Carrillo National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 15 | Manu National Park | 🇵🇪 Peru | |
| 16 | Soberanía National Park | 🇵🇦 Panama |
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Panama City | 🇵🇦 Panama | |
| 2 | Rio de Janeiro | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 3 | São Paulo | 🇧🇷 Brazil |
Possible
About 20% of wildlife watchers report a Red-Faced Dragonlet sighting in Piedras Blancas National Park on a given day, based on 23 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.
October to February
In those months about 30% of wildlife watchers report a Red-Faced Dragonlet in Piedras Blancas National Park on a given day, against under 5% in April–July and September, the lowest months.
Between 9 am and noon
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Red-Faced 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.
3rd of 16
Of the 16 parks where we can rate Red-Faced Dragonlet sightings, Piedras Blancas National Park ranks 3rd at about 20%. The best odds are in Cockscomb Basin Wildlife Sanctuary (Belize, about 30%) and Biotopo Cerro Cahuí (Guatemala, about 30%).
Same genus: Erythrodiplax
The closest relatives of the Red-Faced Dragonlet that you can see in Piedras Blancas National Park (genus Erythrodiplax, Dragonlets) are Black-Winged Dragonlet (about 20%), Band-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 Red-Faced Dragonlet is recorded against all the insects logged in Piedras Blancas National Park (23 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.
