Erythemis peruviana
In 3 days ~60% in a week ~90%
Erythemis peruviana, also known by its common name flame-tailed pondhawk, is a species from the genus Erythemis. This species was first described and named by Jules Pierre Rambur. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Parque Estadual Encontro das Águas | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 2 | Palo Verde National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 3 | Soberanía National Park | 🇵🇦 Panama | |
| 4 | Iberá National Park | 🇦🇷 Argentina | |
| 5 | Darién National Park | 🇵🇦 Panama | |
| 6 | Lago de Yojoa | 🇭🇳 Honduras | |
| 7 | Yasuní National Park | 🇪🇨 Ecuador | |
| 8 | Piedras Blancas National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 9 | Manu National Park | 🇵🇪 Peru | |
| 10 | La Amistad International Park (Panama) | 🇵🇦 Panama |
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Barranquilla | 🇨🇴 Colombia | |
| 2 | Vitória | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 3 | Panama City | 🇵🇦 Panama | |
| 4 | Buenos Aires | 🇦🇷 Argentina |
Possible
About 30% of wildlife watchers report a Flame-Tailed Pondhawk sighting in Soberanía National Park on a given day, based on 150 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 3rd most-seen of the 253 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 60%, and over a week to about 90%, if each day is a fresh chance.
January to March
In those months about 40% of wildlife watchers report a Flame-Tailed Pondhawk in Soberanía National Park on a given day, against under 5% in October, the lowest month. Those are among Soberanía National Park's driest months, with about 40 mm of rain a month against 350 mm in November.
Between 9 am and noon
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Flame-Tailed Pondhawk 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 10
Of the 10 parks where we can rate Flame-Tailed Pondhawk sightings, Soberanía National Park ranks 3rd at about 30%. The best odds are in Parque Estadual Encontro das Águas (Brazil, about 40%) and Palo Verde National Park (Costa Rica, about 30%). All parks ranked.
Same genus: Erythemis
The closest relatives of the Flame-Tailed Pondhawk that you can see in Soberanía National Park (genus Erythemis, Pondhawks) are Black Pondhawk (about 20%), Pin-Tailed Pondhawk (about 20%) and Claret Pondhawk (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Flame-Tailed Pondhawk is recorded against all the insects logged in Soberanía National Park (150 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.
