Black Swift

Closest Relatives at Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks

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	Blue and John Crow Mountains National Park	🇯🇲 Jamaica	0–10%
2	Jasper National Park	🇨🇦 Canada	0–10%
3	Glacier National Park	🇺🇸 United States	<5%
4	Bastimentos Island National Marine Park	🇵🇦 Panama	<5%
5	Great Bear Rainforest	🇨🇦 Canada	<5%
6	Tortuguero National Park	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	<5%
7	Yosemite National Park	🇺🇸 United States	<5%
8	Manuel Antonio National Park	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	<5%
9	Banff National Park	🇨🇦 Canada	<5%
10	Pacific Rim National Park Reserve	🇨🇦 Canada	<5%
11	La Amistad International Park (Panama)	🇵🇦 Panama	<5%
12	Gandoca-Manzanillo Wildlife Refuge	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	<5%
13	Los Haitises National Park	🇩🇴 Dominican Republic	<5%
14	Arenal Volcano National Park	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	<5%
15	Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks	🇺🇸 United States	<5%
16	Marino Ballena National Park	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	<5%
17	Braulio Carrillo National Park	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	<5%
18	Soberanía National Park	🇵🇦 Panama	<5%
19	Olympic National Park	🇺🇸 United States	<5%
20	Rocky Mountain National Park	🇺🇸 United States	<5%
21	Corcovado National Park	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	<5%
22	Tapantí-Macizo de la Muerte National Park	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	<5%
23	Chagres National Park	🇵🇦 Panama	<5%
24	Chirripó National Park	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	<5%
25	Darién National Park	🇵🇦 Panama	<5%
26	Monteverde Cloud Forest Reserve	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	<5%
27	Los Quetzales National Park	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	<5%
28	Cahuita National Park	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	Insufficient data
29	Poás Volcano National Park	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	Insufficient data
30	Jaragua National Park	🇩🇴 Dominican Republic	Insufficient data
31	Redwood National Park	🇺🇸 United States	Insufficient data
32	Ostional Wildlife Refuge	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	Insufficient data
33	Carara National Park	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	Insufficient data
34	Channel Islands National Park	🇺🇸 United States	Insufficient data

Quick answers

What are the chances of seeing a Black Swift in Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks?

About 1% of visitor-days record a Black Swift sighting in Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks, based on 27 observer-days of citizen-science data from GBIF.

When is the best time to see Black Swift in Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks?

June has the highest sighting rate for Black Swift in Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks in our monthly data.