Welcome Swallow

Welcome Swallow

Hirundo neoxena

Least ConcernNear ThreatenedVulnerableEndangeredCritically Endangered
60–70% · Likely
overall probability at Abel Tasman National Park

📅 Monthly Probability

70–80
Jan
60–70
Feb
40–50
Mar
50–60
Apr
50–60
May
40–50
Jun
40–50
Jul
50–60
Aug
40–50
Sep
50–60
Oct
70–80
Nov
60–70
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 Tongariro National Park 🇳🇿 New Zealand
60–70%
2 Great Otway National Park 🇦🇺 Australia
60–70%
3 Lamington National Park 🇦🇺 Australia
60–70%
4 Cradle Mountain-Lake St Clair National Park 🇦🇺 Australia
60–70%
5 Daintree National Park 🇦🇺 Australia
60–70%
6 Abel Tasman National Park 🇳🇿 New Zealand
60–70%
7 Arthur's Pass National Park 🇳🇿 New Zealand
50–60%
8 Fiordland National Park 🇳🇿 New Zealand
50–60%
9 Grampians National Park 🇦🇺 Australia
40–50%
10 Aoraki Mount Cook National Park 🇳🇿 New Zealand
40–50%
11 Booderee National Park 🇦🇺 Australia
30–40%
12 Noosa National Park 🇦🇺 Australia
30–40%
13 Blue Mountains National Park 🇦🇺 Australia
30–40%
14 Freycinet National Park 🇦🇺 Australia
30–40%
15 Rakiura National Park 🇳🇿 New Zealand
30–40%
16 Springbrook National Park 🇦🇺 Australia
30–40%
17 Kosciuszko National Park 🇦🇺 Australia
20–30%
18 Wilsons Promontory National Park 🇦🇺 Australia
20–30%
19 Royal National Park 🇦🇺 Australia
20–30%
20 Flinders Ranges National Park 🇦🇺 Australia
0–10%
21 Uluru-Kata Tjuta National Park 🇦🇺 Australia
<5%

Quick answers

What are the chances of seeing a Welcome Swallow in Abel Tasman National Park?

About 60% of visitor-days record a Welcome Swallow sighting in Abel Tasman National Park, based on 295 observer-days of citizen-science data from GBIF.

When is the best time to see Welcome Swallow in Abel Tasman National Park?

January has the highest sighting rate for Welcome Swallow in Abel Tasman National Park in our monthly data.

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