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In 3 days ~40% in a week ~60%
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Biotopo Cerro Cahuí | 🇬🇹 Guatemala | |
| 2 | Calakmul Biosphere Reserve | 🇲🇽 Mexico | |
| 3 | Sian Ka'an Biosphere Reserve | 🇲🇽 Mexico |
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | San Pedro Sula | 🇭🇳 Honduras | |
| 2 | San Salvador | 🇸🇻 El Salvador |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Mexican Cycadian sighting in Sian Ka'an Biosphere Reserve on a given day, based on 8 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 9th most-seen of the 20 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 40%, and over a week to about 60%, if each day is a fresh chance.
February–April, June–July, September and November
In those months about 20% of wildlife watchers report a Mexican Cycadian in Sian Ka'an Biosphere Reserve on a given day, against under 5% in May, August, October and December–January, the lowest months.
Between 10 am and 1 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Mexican Cycadian 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 3
Of the 3 parks where we can rate Mexican Cycadian sightings, Sian Ka'an Biosphere Reserve ranks 3rd at about 10%. The best odds are in Biotopo Cerro Cahuí (Guatemala, about 20%) and Calakmul Biosphere Reserve (Mexico, about 20%).
Same order: Lepidoptera
The closest relatives of the Mexican Cycadian that you can see in Sian Ka'an Biosphere Reserve (order Lepidoptera, Butterflies and Moths) are Dark Kite-Swallowtail (about 30%), Blue Monarch (about 20%) and Zebra Longwing (about 20%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Mexican Cycadian is recorded against all the insects logged in Sian Ka'an Biosphere Reserve (8 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.
