Common Swift

Apus apus

Least ConcernNear ThreatenedVulnerableEndangeredCritically Endangered

KingdomAnimalia (Animals)
PhylumChordata (Cordats)
ClassAves (Aus)
OrderApodiformes (Swifts and Hummingbirds)
FamilyApodidae (Swifts)
GenusApus (Typical Swifts)
SpeciesApus apus (Common Swift)

Insufficient data

overall probability at Mikumi National Park

3 Verified records at Mikumi National Park

☀️ Diurnal When it's active during daytime hours (6am–6pm)

The common swift (Apus apus) is a medium-sized bird, superficially similar to the barn swallow or house martin but somewhat larger, though not stemming from those passerine species, being in the order Apodiformes. The resemblances between the groups are due to convergent evolution, reflecting similar contextual development. The swifts' nearest relatives are the New World hummingbirds and the Southeast Asian treeswifts. Its scientific name Apus is Latin for a swift, thought by the ancients to be a type of swallow with no feet (from Ancient Greek α, a, "without", and πούς, pous, "foot"). Swifts have very short legs which they use primarily for clinging to vertical surfaces (hence the German name Mauersegler, literally meaning "wall-glider"). They never settle voluntarily on the ground where they would be vulnerable to accidents and predation, and non-breeding individuals may spend up to ten months in continuous flight. Wikipedia →

Closest Relatives at Mikumi National Park

Apus affinis

Apus caffer

Apus barbatus

Apus horus

Cypsiurus parvus

Neafrapus boehmi

Telacanthura ussheri

Schoutedenapus myoptilus

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Tachymarptis aequatorialis

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📅 Monthly Probability

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Fewer than 5 records of Common Swift at Mikumi National Park — not enough to chart months honestly.

☀️ When They're Spotted

Most active during daytime hours (6am–6pm) · across all parks (global)

☀️Diurnal

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	Cévennes National Park	🇫🇷 France	30–40%
2	Gauja National Park	🇱🇻 Latvia	20–30%
3	Tatra National Park	🇸🇰 Slovakia	20–30%
4	Aigüestortes National Park	🇪🇸 Spain	20–30%
5	Picos de Europa National Park	🇪🇸 Spain	20–30%
6	Sierra Nevada National Park	🇪🇸 Spain	20–30%
7	Ordesa y Monte Perdido National Park	🇪🇸 Spain	20–30%
8	Pyrénées National Park	🇫🇷 France	20–30%
9	Cairngorms National Park	🇬🇧 United Kingdom	20–30%
10	Sierra de Guadarrama National Park	🇪🇸 Spain	20–30%
11	Monfragüe National Park	🇪🇸 Spain	10–20%
12	Białowieża National Park	🇵🇱 Poland	10–20%
13	Biebrza National Park	🇵🇱 Poland	10–20%
14	Mercantour National Park	🇫🇷 France	10–20%
15	Doñana National Park	🇪🇸 Spain	10–20%
16	Snowdonia National Park	🇬🇧 United Kingdom	10–20%
17	Hemis National Park	🇮🇳 India	10–20%
18	Wadden Sea National Park	🇩🇪 Germany	10–20%
19	Bavarian Forest National Park	🇩🇪 Germany	10–20%
20	Fertő-Hanság National Park	🇭🇺 Hungary	5–10%
21	Gobi Gurvansaikhan National Park	🇲🇳 Mongolia	5–10%
22	Waterberg Plateau Park	🇳🇦 Namibia	5–10%
23	Triglav National Park	🇸🇮 Slovenia	5–10%
24	Etosha National Park	🇳🇦 Namibia	5–10%
25	Kafue National Park	🇿🇲 Zambia	5–10%
26	Mana Pools National Park	🇿🇼 Zimbabwe	5–10%
27	Tsavo West National Park	🇰🇪 Kenya	5–10%
28	Ruaha National Park	🇹🇿 Tanzania	5–10%
29	Arusha National Park	🇹🇿 Tanzania	<5%
30	Hortobágy National Park	🇭🇺 Hungary	<5%
31	Liwonde National Park	🇲🇼 Malawi	<5%
32	Lake Nakuru National Park	🇰🇪 Kenya	<5%
33	Ngorongoro Conservation Area	🇹🇿 Tanzania	<5%
34	Kiskunság National Park	🇭🇺 Hungary	<5%
35	Tsavo East National Park	🇰🇪 Kenya	<5%
36	Serengeti National Park	🇹🇿 Tanzania	<5%
37	Samburu National Reserve	🇰🇪 Kenya	<5%
38	Mkomazi National Park	🇹🇿 Tanzania	<5%
39	Tarangire National Park	🇹🇿 Tanzania	<5%
40	Murchison Falls National Park	🇺🇬 Uganda	<5%
41	Niokolo-Koba National Park	🇸🇳 Senegal	<5%
42	Chobe National Park	🇧🇼 Botswana	<5%
43	Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park	🇿🇦 South Africa	<5%
44	Moremi Game Reserve	🇧🇼 Botswana	<5%
45	Hwange National Park	🇿🇼 Zimbabwe	<5%
46	Kidepo Valley National Park	🇺🇬 Uganda	<5%
47	Addo Elephant National Park	🇿🇦 South Africa	<5%
48	Amboseli National Park	🇰🇪 Kenya	<5%
49	Queen Elizabeth National Park	🇺🇬 Uganda	<5%
50	Nairobi National Park	🇰🇪 Kenya	<5%
51	South Luangwa National Park	🇿🇲 Zambia	<5%
52	Virunga National Park	🇨🇩 Democratic Republic of the Congo	<5%
53	Garden Route National Park	🇿🇦 South Africa	<5%
54	Kruger National Park	🇿🇦 South Africa	<5%
55	Bwindi Impenetrable National Park	🇺🇬 Uganda	<5%
56	Kibale National Park	🇺🇬 Uganda	<5%
57	Aberdare National Park	🇰🇪 Kenya	<5%
58	Namib-Naukluft National Park	🇳🇦 Namibia	<5%
59	Lake Mburo National Park	🇺🇬 Uganda	<5%
60	iSimangaliso Wetland Park	🇿🇦 South Africa	<5%
61	Masai Mara National Reserve	🇰🇪 Kenya	<5%
62	Nyungwe National Park	🇷🇼 Rwanda	<5%
63	Table Mountain National Park	🇿🇦 South Africa	<5%
64	Taï National Park	🇨🇮 Ivory Coast	Insufficient data
65	Meru National Park	🇰🇪 Kenya	Insufficient data
66	Mikumi National Park	🇹🇿 Tanzania	Insufficient data
67	Lake Manyara National Park	🇹🇿 Tanzania	Insufficient data
68	Pilanesberg National Park	🇿🇦 South Africa	Insufficient data
69	Lower Zambezi National Park	🇿🇲 Zambia	Insufficient data
70	Akagera National Park	🇷🇼 Rwanda	Insufficient data
71	Gonarezhou National Park	🇿🇼 Zimbabwe	Insufficient data
72	Hluhluwe-Imfolozi Park	🇿🇦 South Africa	Insufficient data
73	Volcanoes National Park	🇷🇼 Rwanda	Insufficient data
74	Vatnajokull National Park	🇮🇸 Iceland	Insufficient data

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Common Swift

Closest Relatives at Mikumi National Park

Little Swift

White-rumped Swift

African Swift

Horus Swift

African Palm-Swift

Bat-like Spinetail

Mottled Spinetail

Scarce Swift

Mottled Swift

📅 Monthly Probability

☀️ When They're Spotted

Global Distribution

Parks Where Found