Azuragrion nigridorsum
In 3 days ~10% in a week ~30%
Azuragrion nigridorsum, the black-tailed bluet or sailing bluet, is a species of damselfly in family Coenagrionidae. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | uMkhuze Game Reserve | 🇿🇦 South Africa | |
| 2 | iSimangaliso Wetland Park | 🇿🇦 South Africa | |
| 3 | Garden Route National Park | 🇿🇦 South Africa | |
| 4 | Kruger National Park | 🇿🇦 South Africa | |
| 5 | Table Mountain National Park | 🇿🇦 South Africa |
Rare
Under 5% of wildlife watchers report a Sailing Bluet sighting in Table Mountain National Park on a given day, based on 36 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 124th most-seen of the 344 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 10%, and over a week to about 30%, if each day is a fresh chance.
March and November–January
In those months about 10% of wildlife watchers report a Sailing Bluet in Table Mountain National Park on a given day, against under 5% in February and April–October, the lowest months. Those are among Table Mountain National Park's driest months, with about 25 mm of rain a month against 110 mm in June.
Between 10 am and 1 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Sailing Bluet sightings with a recorded time, and nearly all of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
5th of 5
Of the 5 parks where we can rate Sailing Bluet sightings, Table Mountain National Park ranks 5th at under 5%. The best odds are in uMkhuze Game Reserve (South Africa, about 20%), iSimangaliso Wetland Park (South Africa, about 10%) and Garden Route National Park (South Africa, about 10%).
Same family: Coenagrionidae
The closest relatives of the Sailing Bluet that you can see in Table Mountain National Park (family Coenagrionidae, Narrow-winged Damselflies) are Common Bluetail (about 10%), Common Citril (about 10%) and Mountain Sprite (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Sailing Bluet is recorded against all the insects logged in Table Mountain National Park (36 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.
