Red Percher

Red Percher

Neurothemis ramburii

Daily sighting probability ~20% · Possible
at Sepilok

In 3 days ~40% in a week ~70%

18 Verified sightings at Sepilok From 2019 to 2026
124 In all 6 parks
February Best month
☀️ Diurnal When it's spotted

Global Distribution

Parks Where Found

# Park Country Daily sighting probability
1 Bali Barat National Park 🇮🇩 Indonesia
~30%
2 Danum Valley Conservation Area 🇲🇾 Malaysia
~30%
3 Kinabalu Park 🇲🇾 Malaysia
~20%
4 Sepilok 🇲🇾 Malaysia
~20%
5 Gunung Leuser National Park 🇮🇩 Indonesia
~10%
6 Kaeng Krachan National Park 🇹🇭 Thailand
~10%

Cities Where Found

# City Country Daily sighting probability
1 Denpasar 🇮🇩 Indonesia
~40%
2 Jakarta 🇮🇩 Indonesia
~40%
3 Yogyakarta 🇮🇩 Indonesia
~40%
4 Malang 🇮🇩 Indonesia
~30%
5 Kuching 🇲🇾 Malaysia
~20%
6 Davao City 🇵🇭 Philippines
~20%
7 Surakarta 🇮🇩 Indonesia
~20%
8 Bandung 🇮🇩 Indonesia
~20%
9 Manila 🇵🇭 Philippines
~20%

Before you go

What are the chances of seeing a Red Percher in Sepilok?

Possible

About 20% of wildlife watchers report a Red Percher sighting in Sepilok on a given day, based on 18 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 21st most-seen of the 87 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 40%, and over a week to about 70%, if each day is a fresh chance.

When is the best time to see a Red Percher in Sepilok?

February

In that month about 40% of wildlife watchers report a Red Percher in Sepilok on a given day, against under 5% in April, August and October, the lowest months.

What time of day is best to see a Red Percher?

Between 10 am and 1 pm

Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Red Percher sightings with a recorded time, and about 9 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.

Which relatives of the Red Percher live in Sepilok?

Same genus: Neurothemis

The closest relatives of the Red Percher that you can see in Sepilok (genus Neurothemis, Grasshawks) are Common Parasol (about 30%) and Straight-Edge Red Parasol (about 20%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.

Where does the Red Percher sighting chance come from?

GBIF citizen-science records

It is estimated from how often the Red Percher is recorded against all the insects logged in Sepilok (18 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.

← Back to Sepilok