Swallow-tailed Nightjar

Closest Relatives at Podocarpus National Park

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	Podocarpus National Park	🇪🇨 Ecuador	<5%
2	Puracé National Natural Park	🇨🇴 Colombia	<5%
3	Chingaza National Natural Park	🇨🇴 Colombia	<5%
4	Los Nevados National Natural Park	🇨🇴 Colombia	Insufficient data
5	Manu National Park	🇵🇪 Peru	Insufficient data

Quick answers

What are the chances of seeing a Swallow-tailed Nightjar in Podocarpus National Park?

About 2% of visitor-days record a Swallow-tailed Nightjar sighting in Podocarpus National Park, based on 30 observer-days of citizen-science data from GBIF.

When is the best time to see Swallow-tailed Nightjar in Podocarpus National Park?

May has the highest sighting rate for Swallow-tailed Nightjar in Podocarpus National Park in our monthly data.