Scarce Swift
Schoutedenapus myoptilus
- KingdomAnimalia (Animals)
- PhylumChordata (Cordats)
- ClassAves (Aus)
- OrderApodiformes (Swifts and Hummingbirds)
- FamilyApodidae (Swifts)
- GenusSchoutedenapus
- SpeciesSchoutedenapus myoptilus (Scarce Swift)
Closest Relatives at Ngorongoro Conservation Area
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
Mottled Swift
Tachymarptis aequatorialis
Horus Swift
Apus horus
Alpine Swift
Tachymarptis melba
Mottled Spinetail
Telacanthura ussheri
📅 Monthly Probability
☀️ When They're Spotted
Most active during daytime hours (6am–6pm) · 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
| # | Park | Country | Probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nyungwe National Park | 🇷🇼 Rwanda | |
| 2 | Bwindi Impenetrable National Park | 🇺🇬 Uganda | |
| 3 | Kidepo Valley National Park | 🇺🇬 Uganda | |
| 4 | Murchison Falls National Park | 🇺🇬 Uganda | |
| 5 | Volcanoes National Park | 🇷🇼 Rwanda | |
| 6 | Aberdare National Park | 🇰🇪 Kenya | |
| 7 | Kibale National Park | 🇺🇬 Uganda | |
| 8 | Ngorongoro Conservation Area | 🇹🇿 Tanzania | |
| 9 | Queen Elizabeth National Park | 🇺🇬 Uganda | |
| 10 | Mkomazi National Park | 🇹🇿 Tanzania | |
| 11 | Semuliki National Park | 🇺🇬 Uganda | |
| 12 | Masai Mara National Reserve | 🇰🇪 Kenya | |
| 13 | Serengeti National Park | 🇹🇿 Tanzania |
Quick answers
What are the chances of seeing a Scarce Swift in Ngorongoro Conservation Area?
About 1% of visitor-days record a Scarce Swift sighting in Ngorongoro Conservation Area, based on 33 observer-days of citizen-science data from GBIF.
When is the best time to see Scarce Swift in Ngorongoro Conservation Area?
January has the highest sighting rate for Scarce Swift in Ngorongoro Conservation Area in our monthly data.