Orthemis levis
In 3 days ~20% in a week ~40%
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cockscomb Basin Wildlife Sanctuary | 🇧🇿 Belize | |
| 2 | Lago de Yojoa | 🇭🇳 Honduras | |
| 3 | Soberanía National Park | 🇵🇦 Panama |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Slender Skimmer sighting in Soberanía National Park on a given day, based on 8 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 140th most-seen of the 253 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 20%, and over a week to about 40%, if each day is a fresh chance.
January–April and September–October
In those months about 10% of wildlife watchers report a Slender Skimmer in Soberanía National Park on a given day, against under 5% in May–August and November–December, the lowest months.
Between 9 am and noon
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Slender Skimmer 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 Slender Skimmer sightings, Soberanía National Park ranks 3rd at about 10%. The best odds are in Cockscomb Basin Wildlife Sanctuary (Belize, about 20%) and Lago de Yojoa (Honduras, about 10%).
Same genus: Orthemis
The closest relatives of the Slender Skimmer that you can see in Soberanía National Park (genus Orthemis, Tropical King Skimmers) are Carmine Skimmer (about 20%) and Swamp Skimmer (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Slender Skimmer is recorded against all the insects logged in Soberanía National Park (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.
