Xenophanes tryxus
In 3 days ~30% in a week ~60%
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ría Lagartos Biosphere Reserve | 🇲🇽 Mexico | |
| 2 | Iguazú National Park | 🇦🇷 Argentina | |
| 3 | Serra dos Órgãos National Park | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 4 | Lago de Yojoa | 🇭🇳 Honduras | |
| 5 | Iguaçu National Park | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 6 | Tijuca National Park | 🇧🇷 Brazil |
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | São Paulo | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 2 | São Luís | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 3 | Curitiba | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 4 | Porto Alegre | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 5 | Fortaleza | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 6 | San Salvador | 🇸🇻 El Salvador | |
| 7 | Vitória | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 8 | Medellín | 🇨🇴 Colombia | |
| 9 | Rio de Janeiro | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 10 | San José | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Glassy-Winged Skipper sighting in Serra dos Órgãos National Park on a given day, based on 5 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 83rd 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.
April
In that month about 30% of wildlife watchers report a Glassy-Winged Skipper in Serra dos Órgãos National Park on a given day, against under 5% in July to February, the lowest months.
Between noon and 3 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Glassy-Winged Skipper sightings with a recorded time, and nearly all of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
3rd of 6
Of the 6 parks where we can rate Glassy-Winged Skipper sightings, Serra dos Órgãos National Park ranks 3rd at about 10%. The best odds are in Ría Lagartos Biosphere Reserve (Mexico, about 40%) and Iguazú National Park (Argentina, about 10%).
Same family: Hesperiidae
The closest relatives of the Glassy-Winged Skipper that you can see in Serra dos Órgãos National Park (family Hesperiidae, Skippers) are Callimormus corades (about 20%), Pompeius Skipper (about 10%) and Southern Sicklewing (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Glassy-Winged Skipper is recorded against all the insects logged in Serra dos Órgãos National Park (5 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.
