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 Ngorongoro Conservation Area
Mottled Swift
Tachymarptis aequatorialis
Little Swift
Apus affinis
African Palm-Swift
Cypsiurus parvus
White-rumped Swift
Apus caffer
Common Swift
Apus apus
Nyanza Swift
Apus niansae
African Swift
Apus barbatus
Horus Swift
Apus horus
Scarce Swift
Schoutedenapus myoptilus
Mottled Spinetail
Telacanthura ussheri
📅 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 Ngorongoro Conservation Area?
About 0% of visitor-days record a Alpine Swift sighting in Ngorongoro Conservation Area, based on 8 observer-days of citizen-science data from GBIF.
When is the best time to see Alpine Swift in Ngorongoro Conservation Area?
June has the highest sighting rate for Alpine Swift in Ngorongoro Conservation Area in our monthly data.