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In 3 days ~50% in a week ~80%
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Aigüestortes National Park | 🇪🇸 Spain | |
| 2 | Mercantour National Park | 🇫🇷 France | |
| 3 | Cévennes National Park | 🇫🇷 France | |
| 4 | Biebrza National Park | 🇵🇱 Poland | |
| 5 | Hohe Tauern National Park | 🇦🇹 Austria | |
| 6 | Picos de Europa National Park | 🇪🇸 Spain | |
| 7 | Pyrénées National Park | 🇫🇷 France | |
| 8 | Vanoise National Park | 🇫🇷 France | |
| 9 | Triglav National Park | 🇸🇮 Slovenia | |
| 10 | Białowieża National Park | 🇵🇱 Poland | |
| 11 | Plitvice Lakes National Park | 🇭🇷 Croatia | |
| 12 | Sierra Nevada National Park | 🇪🇸 Spain | |
| 13 | Ecrins National Park | 🇫🇷 France | |
| 14 | Sierra de Guadarrama National Park | 🇪🇸 Spain | |
| 15 | Fertő-Hanság National Park | 🇭🇺 Hungary | |
| 16 | Ordesa y Monte Perdido National Park | 🇪🇸 Spain | |
| 17 | Camargue | 🇫🇷 France | |
| 18 | Bavarian Forest National Park | 🇩🇪 Germany |
Possible
About 20% of wildlife watchers report a Sooty Copper sighting in Sierra Nevada National Park on a given day, based on 23 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 69th most-seen of the 479 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.
July
In that month about 40% of wildlife watchers report a Sooty Copper in Sierra Nevada National Park on a given day, against under 5% in October to May, the lowest months. That is one of Sierra Nevada National Park's driest months, with about 30 mm of rain against 130 mm in March.
Between 10 am and 1 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Sooty Copper sightings with a recorded time, and about 9 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
12th of 18
Of the 18 parks where we can rate Sooty Copper sightings, Sierra Nevada National Park ranks 12th at about 20%. The best odds are in Aigüestortes National Park (Spain, about 40%), Mercantour National Park (France, about 40%) and Cévennes National Park (France, about 40%). All parks ranked.
Same family: Lycaenidae
The closest relatives of the Sooty Copper that you can see in Sierra Nevada National Park (family Lycaenidae, Gossamer-winged Butterflies) are Small Copper (about 30%), Baton Blue (about 30%) and Pea Blue (about 30%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Sooty Copper is recorded against all the insects logged in Sierra Nevada 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.
