Welcome Swallow

Closest Relatives at Great Otway National Park

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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 Great Otway National Park?

About 65% of visitor-days record a Welcome Swallow sighting in Great Otway National Park, based on 1828 observer-days of citizen-science data from GBIF.

When is the best time to see Welcome Swallow in Great Otway National Park?

August has the highest sighting rate for Welcome Swallow in Great Otway National Park in our monthly data.