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title: "Blaue Sumpfjägerlibelle"
description: "Orthetrum glaucum — Insekten & Spinnen. Orthetrum glaucum is an Asian dragonfly species, common across much of tropical and subtropical Asia."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/de/animal/blue-marsh-hawk
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Blaue Sumpfjägerlibelle

> Orthetrum glaucum — Insekten & Spinnen. Orthetrum glaucum is an Asian dragonfly species, common across much of tropical and subtropical Asia.

- Scientific name: *Orthetrum glaucum*
- Category: `insects` (Insekten & Spinnen)
- Habitats: `freshwater` (See & Fluss)
- iNaturalist observations: 15549
- Wikidata: [Q1877816](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1877816)
- iNaturalist taxon: [107955](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/107955)

## Names

- en: Blue Marsh Hawk
- de: Blaue Sumpfjägerlibelle

## Countries with the most observations

TW (2804), HK (2722), SG (1738), IN (1572), TH (808), MY (755), ID (476), CN (318), LK (139), VN (124), KH (87), MO (79)

## Summary

Orthetrum glaucum is an Asian dragonfly species, common across much of tropical and subtropical Asia. The common name for this species is blue marsh hawk.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orthetrum_glaucum

## Photo

![Blaue Sumpfjägerlibelle](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/blue-marsh-hawk/medium.jpg)

Photo: Tero Linjama · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/148765748

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/blue-marsh-hawk?lang=de` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).