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In 3 days ~30% in a week ~50%
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cahuita National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 2 | Tortuguero National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 3 | Gandoca-Manzanillo Wildlife Refuge | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Guatemalan Spinyneck sighting in Tortuguero National Park on a given day, based on 8 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 46th most-seen of the 80 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 30%, and over a week to about 50%, if each day is a fresh chance.
January, May and September
In those months about 20% of wildlife watchers report a Guatemalan Spinyneck in Tortuguero National Park on a given day, against under 5% in April, June–July and October–December, the lowest months.
Between 9 am and noon
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Guatemalan Spinyneck sightings with a recorded time, and about 9 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
Among the best
Of the 3 parks where we can rate Guatemalan Spinyneck sightings, Tortuguero National Park ranks 2nd at about 10%, level with the leaders once rounded. The best odds are in Cahuita National Park (Costa Rica, about 10%).
Same family: Coenagrionidae
The closest relatives of the Guatemalan Spinyneck that you can see in Tortuguero National Park (family Coenagrionidae, Narrow-winged Damselflies) are Blue-Winged Helicopter (about 10%) and Caribbean Yellowface (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Guatemalan Spinyneck is recorded against all the insects logged in Tortuguero 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.
