Sunday 27 April 2008

Green Marsh Hawk (Orthetrum sabina)

OTHER NAMES: Slender Skimmer, Variegated Green Skimmer
Latin Etymology: Orthetrum ("straight tool") sabina (after a group of women from Roman myth)
Mating pair of Green Marsh Hawk (Orthetrum sabinaat Sungei Buloh, Singapore - February 2019

Featured Subspecies: ?
Weight: ?  /    Length: 3.5cm  /  Wingspan: 6-8.5cm
NO UK STATUS IUCN Red List: Least Concern

I must admit, by dragonfly standards the green marsh hawk is certainly on the subtler end - it has an almost damselfly like patternation, but with green replacing the blue, and a good deal larger than those species.  My single encounter of this species was at a shallow pool near the entrance of Sungei Buloh, where this pair had their attention on other things.

Related Species:
Order: Odonata
Family: Libellulidae
Genus: Orthetrum
SUBSPECIES: unclear?

 - Sighting Locations -
SINGAPORE - A fairly common resident
 - CAMBODIA/SINGAPORE 2019 TRIP:Two at Sungei Buloh

Further Notes: BirdForum Opus, IUCN Red List, RSPB, Wikipedia, Xeno-canto

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