Great Sapphirewing

Great Sapphirewing

Pterophanes cyanopterus

Least ConcernNear ThreatenedVulnerableEndangeredCritically Endangered
10–20% · With luck
overall probability at Cajas National Park

📅 Monthly Probability

10–20
Jan
10–20
Feb
<5
Mar
20–30
Apr
10–20
May
10–20
Jun
10–20
Jul
10–20
Aug
0–10
Sep
<5
Oct
20–30
Nov
<5
Dec

☀️ When They're Spotted

Most active during daytime hours (6am–6pm) · across all parks (global)

☀️Diurnal
☀️🌙🌙12am6am12pm6pm12am

Global Distribution

Where this species is recorded worldwide. Restricted to human observations from 2019 onwards — the same kind of record and the same period the probabilities on this page are built from, so collar-tracking studies, camera-trap arrays and museum specimens are excluded. Around Santa Rosa that removes 5,924 GPS fixes from a handful of tagged jaguars.

where this species is recorded (GBIF density — it tracks where observers go, not how likely a sighting is)  ·  parks where it occurs — tap a pin for the sighting probability there

Parks Where Found

# Park Country Probability
1 Los Nevados National Natural Park 🇨🇴 Colombia
30–40%
2 Chingaza National Natural Park 🇨🇴 Colombia
10–20%
3 Cajas National Park 🇪🇨 Ecuador
10–20%
4 Podocarpus National Park 🇪🇨 Ecuador
<5%
5 Madidi National Park 🇧🇴 Bolivia
<5%
6 Manu National Park 🇵🇪 Peru
<5%
7 Puracé National Natural Park 🇨🇴 Colombia
Insufficient data
8 Farallones de Cali National Natural Park 🇨🇴 Colombia
Insufficient data

Quick answers

What are the chances of seeing a Great Sapphirewing in Cajas National Park?

About 12% of visitor-days record a Great Sapphirewing sighting in Cajas National Park, based on 67 observer-days of citizen-science data from GBIF.

When is the best time to see Great Sapphirewing in Cajas National Park?

November has the highest sighting rate for Great Sapphirewing in Cajas National Park in our monthly data.

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