---
title: "Slender Skimmer"
description: "Orthetrum sabina — Owady i pająki. Orthetrum sabina, the slender skimmer or green marsh hawk, is a species of dragonfly in the family Libellulidae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/pl/animal/slender-skimmer
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Slender Skimmer

> Orthetrum sabina — Owady i pająki. Orthetrum sabina, the slender skimmer or green marsh hawk, is a species of dragonfly in the family Libellulidae.

- Scientific name: *Orthetrum sabina*
- Category: `insects` (Owady i pająki)
- Habitats: `freshwater` (Jeziora i rzeki)
- iNaturalist observations: 29901
- Wikidata: [Q1306401](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1306401)
- iNaturalist taxon: [107974](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/107974)

## Names

- en: Slender Skimmer
- de: Schlanker Blaupfeil
- fr: Orthétrum en alêne
- nl: Slanke oeverlibel

## Countries with the most observations

IN (7022), TW (4407), ID (3552), AU (3211), SG (1866), HK (1550), TH (1317), CN (1145), MY (1030), VN (877), AE (410), KH (295)

## Summary

Orthetrum sabina, the slender skimmer or green marsh hawk, is a species of dragonfly in the family Libellulidae.
It is widespread, being found from south-eastern Europe and North Africa to Japan and south to Australia and Micronesia.

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

## Photo

![Slender Skimmer](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/slender-skimmer/medium.jpg)

Photo: Richard Fuller · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/267774065

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/slender-skimmer?lang=pl` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).