Silver-rumped Needletail

Silver-rumped Needletail

Rhaphidura leucopygialis

Least ConcernNear ThreatenedVulnerableEndangeredCritically Endangered
<5% · Rare
overall probability at Kinabalu Park

Closest Relatives at Kinabalu Park

Plume-toed Swiftlet

Plume-toed Swiftlet

🌅 Crepuscular Bird

Collocalia affinis

40–50% · Likely
House Swift
LC

House Swift

🌅 Crepuscular Bird

Apus nipalensis

<5% · Rare
Waterfall Swift
LC

Waterfall Swift

Bird

Hydrochous gigas

<5% · Rare
White-nest Swiftlet
LC

White-nest Swiftlet

🌅 Crepuscular Bird

Aerodramus fuciphagus

<5% · Rare
Asian Palm-Swift
LC

Asian Palm-Swift

🌅 Crepuscular Bird

Cypsiurus balasiensis

<5% · Rare
Brown-backed Needletail
LC

Brown-backed Needletail

🌅 Crepuscular Bird

Hirundapus giganteus

<5% · Rare
White-throated Needletail
LC

White-throated Needletail

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Hirundapus caudacutus

<5% · Rare
Pacific Swift
LC

Pacific Swift

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Apus pacificus

Insufficient data
Black-nest Swiftlet
LC

Black-nest Swiftlet

Bird

Aerodramus maximus

Insufficient data
Bornean Swiftlet

Bornean Swiftlet

Bird

Collocalia dodgei

Insufficient data
Gray-rumped Treeswift
LC

Gray-rumped Treeswift

🌅 Crepuscular Bird

Hemiprocne longipennis

<5% · Rare
Whiskered Treeswift
LC

Whiskered Treeswift

🌅 Crepuscular Bird

Hemiprocne comata

Insufficient data

📅 Monthly Probability

<5
Jan
<5
Feb
<5
Mar
0–10
Apr
0–10
May
<5
Jun
0–10
Jul
0–10
Aug
<5
Sep
<5
Oct
<5
Nov
0–10
Dec

🌅 When They're Spotted

Most active at dawn and dusk · across all parks (global)

🌅Crepuscular
☀️🌙🌙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 Khao Luang National Park 🇹🇭 Thailand
20–30%
2 Danum Valley Conservation Area 🇲🇾 Malaysia
20–30%
3 Khao Sok National Park 🇹🇭 Thailand
10–20%
4 Kerinci Seblat National Park 🇮🇩 Indonesia
0–10%
5 Kinabalu Park 🇲🇾 Malaysia
<5%
6 Kinabatangan Wildlife Sanctuary 🇲🇾 Malaysia
<5%
7 Way Kambas National Park 🇮🇩 Indonesia
<5%

Quick answers

What are the chances of seeing a Silver-rumped Needletail in Kinabalu Park?

About 4% of visitor-days record a Silver-rumped Needletail sighting in Kinabalu Park, based on 94 observer-days of citizen-science data from GBIF.

When is the best time to see Silver-rumped Needletail in Kinabalu Park?

April has the highest sighting rate for Silver-rumped Needletail in Kinabalu Park in our monthly data.

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