Striped Firetail

Striped Firetail

Telebasis filiola

Daily sighting probability ~10% · With luck
at Soberanía National Park

In 3 days ~30% in a week ~60%

31 Verified sightings at Soberanía National Park From 2019 to 2026
31 In 1 park
February Best month
☀️ Diurnal When it's spotted

Global Distribution

Parks Where Found

# Park Country Daily sighting probability
1 Soberanía National Park 🇵🇦 Panama
~10%

More parks will be added in future updates.

Cities Where Found

# City Country Daily sighting probability
1 João Pessoa 🇧🇷 Brazil
~10%

Before you go

What are the chances of seeing a Striped Firetail in Soberanía National Park?

With luck

About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Striped Firetail sighting in Soberanía National Park on a given day, based on 31 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 38th most-seen of the 253 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.

When is the best time to see a Striped Firetail in Soberanía National Park?

February and September

In those months about 20% of wildlife watchers report a Striped Firetail in Soberanía National Park on a given day, against under 5% in July and October–November, the lowest months.

What time of day is best to see a Striped Firetail?

Between 11 am and 2 pm

Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Striped Firetail sightings with a recorded time, and about 8 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.

Where else can you see a Striped Firetail?

Only Soberanía National Park, in our data

Soberanía National Park is the only park on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Striped Firetail sightings: about 10% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.

Which relatives of the Striped Firetail live in Soberanía National Park?

Same family: Coenagrionidae

The closest relatives of the Striped Firetail that you can see in Soberanía National Park (family Coenagrionidae, Narrow-winged Damselflies) are Blue-Winged Helicopter (about 30%), Oculate Dancer (about 20%) and Purple Dancer (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.

Where does the Striped Firetail sighting chance come from?

GBIF citizen-science records

It is estimated from how often the Striped Firetail is recorded against all the insects logged in Soberanía National Park (31 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.

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