Alpine Swift
Tachymarptis melba
- KingdomAnimalia (Animals)
- PhylumChordata (Cordats)
- ClassAves (Aus)
- OrderApodiformes (Swifts and Hummingbirds)
- FamilyApodidae (Swifts)
- GenusTachymarptis (Mottled and Alpine Swifts)
- SpeciesTachymarptis melba (Alpine Swift)
Closest Relatives at Kibale National Park
Mottled Swift
Tachymarptis aequatorialis
White-rumped Swift
Apus caffer
Little Swift
Apus affinis
African Palm-Swift
Cypsiurus parvus
Sabine's Spinetail
Rhaphidura sabini
Horus Swift
Apus horus
Scarce Swift
Schoutedenapus myoptilus
Mottled Spinetail
Telacanthura ussheri
Common Swift
Apus apus
African Swift
Apus barbatus
Cassin's Spinetail
Neafrapus cassini
📅 Monthly Probability
🌅 When They're Spotted
Most active at dawn and dusk · across all parks (global)
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
Quick answers
What are the chances of seeing a Alpine Swift in Kibale National Park?
About 12% of visitor-days record a Alpine Swift sighting in Kibale National Park, based on 223 observer-days of citizen-science data from GBIF.
When is the best time to see Alpine Swift in Kibale National Park?
November has the highest sighting rate for Alpine Swift in Kibale National Park in our monthly data.