Swamp Nightjar

Closest Relatives at Lake Mburo 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	Kidepo Valley National Park	🇺🇬 Uganda	0–10%
2	Moremi Game Reserve	🇧🇼 Botswana	<5%
3	Akagera National Park	🇷🇼 Rwanda	<5%
4	iSimangaliso Wetland Park	🇿🇦 South Africa	<5%
5	Queen Elizabeth National Park	🇺🇬 Uganda	<5%
6	Kafue National Park	🇿🇲 Zambia	<5%
7	Masai Mara National Reserve	🇰🇪 Kenya	<5%
8	Chobe National Park	🇧🇼 Botswana	<5%
9	Murchison Falls National Park	🇺🇬 Uganda	<5%
10	South Luangwa National Park	🇿🇲 Zambia	<5%
11	Serengeti National Park	🇹🇿 Tanzania	<5%
12	Hluhluwe-Imfolozi Park	🇿🇦 South Africa	Insufficient data
13	Kibale National Park	🇺🇬 Uganda	Insufficient data

Quick answers

What are the chances of seeing a Swamp Nightjar in Lake Mburo National Park?

About 4% of visitor-days record a Swamp Nightjar sighting in Lake Mburo National Park, based on 47 observer-days of citizen-science data from GBIF.

When is the best time to see Swamp Nightjar in Lake Mburo National Park?

July has the highest sighting rate for Swamp Nightjar in Lake Mburo National Park in our monthly data.