Short-tailed Swift

Closest Relatives at Manu 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	Yasuní National Park	🇪🇨 Ecuador	20–30%
2	Cuyabeno Wildlife Reserve	🇪🇨 Ecuador	20–30%
3	Main Ridge Forest Reserve	🇹🇹 Trinidad and Tobago	20–30%
4	Soberanía National Park	🇵🇦 Panama	20–30%
5	Anavilhanas National Park	🇧🇷 Brazil	10–20%
6	Darién National Park	🇵🇦 Panama	10–20%
7	San Lorenzo Protected Forest	🇵🇦 Panama	10–20%
8	Amacayacu National Natural Park	🇨🇴 Colombia	10–20%
9	Caroni Swamp	🇹🇹 Trinidad and Tobago	10–20%
10	Parque Natural Metropolitano	🇵🇦 Panama	0–10%
11	Sierra de la Macarena National Park	🇨🇴 Colombia	0–10%
12	Brownsberg Nature Park	🇸🇷 Suriname	0–10%
13	Tambopata National Reserve	🇵🇪 Peru	0–10%
14	Manu National Park	🇵🇪 Peru	0–10%
15	Chagres National Park	🇵🇦 Panama	<5%
16	Henri Pittier National Park	🇻🇪 Venezuela	<5%
17	Cordillera Azul National Park	🇵🇪 Peru	<5%
18	Tayrona National Natural Park	🇨🇴 Colombia	<5%
19	Madidi National Park	🇧🇴 Bolivia	<5%
20	Podocarpus National Park	🇪🇨 Ecuador	<5%
21	Los Nevados National Natural Park	🇨🇴 Colombia	<5%
22	Farallones de Cali National Natural Park	🇨🇴 Colombia	<5%
23	Canaima National Park	🇻🇪 Venezuela	Insufficient data
24	Amboró National Park	🇧🇴 Bolivia	Insufficient data
25	Chapada dos Guimarães National Park	🇧🇷 Brazil	Insufficient data
26	Machalilla National Park	🇪🇨 Ecuador	Insufficient data
27	Chingaza National Natural Park	🇨🇴 Colombia	Insufficient data
28	Puracé National Natural Park	🇨🇴 Colombia	Insufficient data
29	Parque Estadual Encontro das Águas	🇧🇷 Brazil	Insufficient data

Quick answers

What are the chances of seeing a Short-tailed Swift in Manu National Park?

About 5% of visitor-days record a Short-tailed Swift sighting in Manu National Park, based on 245 observer-days of citizen-science data from GBIF.

When is the best time to see Short-tailed Swift in Manu National Park?

September has the highest sighting rate for Short-tailed Swift in Manu National Park in our monthly data.