Genus

Typical Swifts

Apus

16 species in our catalog · found in 119 parks

Species in this group

Each card shows the species at its best park — tap for the full profile

Apus affinis

Apus apus

Apus bradfieldi

Apus caffer

Apus salimalii

Apus nipalensis

Apus balstoni

Apus pallidus

Apus pacificus

Apus barbatus

Apus niansae

Apus horus

Apus leuconyx

Apus cooki

Apus berliozi

Apus acuticauda

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📅 Monthly Probability

Probability-weighted average across the group's species

10–20

Jan

10–20

Feb

10–20

Mar

10–20

Apr

10–20

May

20–30

Jun

10–20

Jul

10–20

Aug

10–20

Sep

10–20

Oct

10–20

Nov

10–20

Dec

🕐 When They're Spotted

When the group's species are recorded (aggregated)

Where to see Typical Swifts

Worldwide records of this group (human observations from 2019 onwards, GBIF). Pins mark our parks — tap one for the chance of seeing at least one species of the group there.

Parks Ranked

Chance of seeing at least one species of the group · number of its species present

#	Park	Country	Species	P(≥1)
1	Nairobi National Park	🇰🇪 Kenya	6	60–70%
	Little Swift			50–60%
	White-rumped Swift			20–30%
	African Swift			<5%
	Nyanza Swift			<5%
	Common Swift			<5%
	Horus Swift			Insufficient data
2	Tarangire National Park	🇹🇿 Tanzania	6	40–50%
	Little Swift			30–40%
	White-rumped Swift			10–20%
	Horus Swift			<5%
	Common Swift			<5%
	African Swift			<5%
	Nyanza Swift			Insufficient data
3	Samburu National Reserve	🇰🇪 Kenya	5	40–50%
	Little Swift			40–50%
	White-rumped Swift			0–10%
	Common Swift			<5%
	Nyanza Swift			<5%
	African Swift			<5%
4	Kruger National Park	🇿🇦 South Africa	5	40–50%
	Little Swift			30–40%
	White-rumped Swift			10–20%
	African Swift			<5%
	Common Swift			<5%
	Horus Swift			<5%
5	Queen Elizabeth National Park	🇺🇬 Uganda	5	40–50%
	White-rumped Swift			20–30%
	Little Swift			20–30%
	Horus Swift			<5%
	Common Swift			<5%
	African Swift			<5%
6	Waterberg Plateau Park	🇳🇦 Namibia	4	40–50%
	Bradfield's Swift			30–40%
	Common Swift			0–10%
	Little Swift			0–10%
	White-rumped Swift			Insufficient data
7	Tsavo West National Park	🇰🇪 Kenya	5	40–50%
	Little Swift			20–30%
	White-rumped Swift			10–20%
	Common Swift			0–10%
	African Swift			<5%
	Horus Swift			Insufficient data
8	iSimangaliso Wetland Park	🇿🇦 South Africa	5	40–50%
	Little Swift			30–40%
	White-rumped Swift			10–20%
	Common Swift			<5%
	African Swift			<5%
	Horus Swift			Insufficient data
9	Tsavo East National Park	🇰🇪 Kenya	7	40–50%
	Little Swift			30–40%
	White-rumped Swift			0–10%
	Common Swift			<5%
	African Swift			<5%
	Forbes-Watson's Swift			<5%
	Horus Swift			Insufficient data
	Nyanza Swift			Insufficient data
10	Lake Nakuru National Park	🇰🇪 Kenya	6	40–50%
	Little Swift			20–30%
	Nyanza Swift			0–10%
	African Swift			0–10%
	Horus Swift			<5%
	White-rumped Swift			<5%
	Common Swift			<5%
11	Masai Mara National Reserve	🇰🇪 Kenya	6	30–40%
	Little Swift			20–30%
	White-rumped Swift			10–20%
	Horus Swift			<5%
	African Swift			<5%
	Nyanza Swift			<5%
	Common Swift			<5%
12	Cévennes National Park	🇫🇷 France	1	30–40%
	Common Swift			30–40%
13	Ngorongoro Conservation Area	🇹🇿 Tanzania	6	30–40%
	Little Swift			20–30%
	White-rumped Swift			10–20%
	Common Swift			<5%
	Nyanza Swift			<5%
	African Swift			<5%
	Horus Swift			<5%
14	Mkomazi National Park	🇹🇿 Tanzania	6	30–40%
	Little Swift			10–20%
	White-rumped Swift			10–20%
	African Swift			0–10%
	Common Swift			<5%
	Nyanza Swift			Insufficient data
	Horus Swift			Insufficient data
15	Amboseli National Park	🇰🇪 Kenya	5	30–40%
	Little Swift			10–20%
	White-rumped Swift			10–20%
	Horus Swift			<5%
	Common Swift			<5%
	African Swift			Insufficient data
16	Monfragüe National Park	🇪🇸 Spain	3	30–40%
	Common Swift			10–20%
	Pallid Swift			10–20%
	White-rumped Swift			<5%
17	Addo Elephant National Park	🇿🇦 South Africa	5	30–40%
	White-rumped Swift			10–20%
	Little Swift			10–20%
	African Swift			<5%
	Common Swift			<5%
	Horus Swift			<5%
18	Minneriya National Park	🇱🇰 Sri Lanka	1	30–40%
	Little Swift			30–40%
19	Etosha National Park	🇳🇦 Namibia	4	20–30%
	Little Swift			20–30%
	Common Swift			0–10%
	White-rumped Swift			<5%
	Bradfield's Swift			<5%
20	Gauja National Park	🇱🇻 Latvia	1	20–30%
	Common Swift			20–30%
21	Ruaha National Park	🇹🇿 Tanzania	4	20–30%
	Little Swift			10–20%
	White-rumped Swift			10–20%
	Common Swift			0–10%
	African Swift			<5%
22	Akagera National Park	🇷🇼 Rwanda	4	20–30%
	White-rumped Swift			10–20%
	Little Swift			10–20%
	African Swift			0–10%
	Common Swift			Insufficient data
23	Jiuzhaigou National Park	🇨🇳 China	3	20–30%
	Salim Ali's Swift			20–30%
	House Swift			<5%
	Pacific Swift			Insufficient data
24	Tatra National Park	🇸🇰 Slovakia	1	20–30%
	Common Swift			20–30%
25	Pilanesberg National Park	🇿🇦 South Africa	5	20–30%
	Little Swift			10–20%
	White-rumped Swift			10–20%
	African Swift			<5%
	Common Swift			Insufficient data
	Horus Swift			Insufficient data
26	Yala National Park	🇱🇰 Sri Lanka	2	20–30%
	Little Swift			20–30%
	Blyth's Swift			Insufficient data
27	Garden Route National Park	🇿🇦 South Africa	5	20–30%
	White-rumped Swift			10–20%
	African Swift			0–10%
	Little Swift			<5%
	Common Swift			<5%
	Horus Swift			<5%
28	South Luangwa National Park	🇿🇲 Zambia	5	20–30%
	Little Swift			10–20%
	African Swift			Insufficient data
	Horus Swift			0–10%
	White-rumped Swift			0–10%
	Common Swift			<5%
29	Aigüestortes National Park	🇪🇸 Spain	2	20–30%
	Common Swift			20–30%
	Pallid Swift			Insufficient data
30	Kibale National Park	🇺🇬 Uganda	5	20–30%
	White-rumped Swift			10–20%
	Little Swift			10–20%
	Horus Swift			<5%
	Common Swift			<5%
	African Swift			<5%
31	Ba Be National Park	🇻🇳 Vietnam	1	20–30%
	House Swift			20–30%
32	Serengeti National Park	🇹🇿 Tanzania	6	20–30%
	Little Swift			10–20%
	White-rumped Swift			10–20%
	Horus Swift			<5%
	Common Swift			<5%
	African Swift			<5%
	Nyanza Swift			<5%
33	Doñana National Park	🇪🇸 Spain	3	20–30%
	Common Swift			10–20%
	Pallid Swift			10–20%
	Little Swift			<5%
34	Sierra Nevada National Park	🇪🇸 Spain	2	20–30%
	Common Swift			10–20%
	Pallid Swift			0–10%
35	Bali Barat National Park	🇮🇩 Indonesia	2	20–30%
	House Swift			10–20%
	Pacific Swift			0–10%
36	Ranomafana National Park	🇲🇬 Madagascar	2	20–30%
	Madagascar Swift			20–30%
	Little Swift			<5%
37	Mudumalai National Park	🇮🇳 India	2	20–30%
	Little Swift			20–30%
	Blyth's Swift			Insufficient data
38	Lake Manyara National Park	🇹🇿 Tanzania	5	20–30%
	Little Swift			10–20%
	White-rumped Swift			<5%
	Common Swift			Insufficient data
	Horus Swift			Insufficient data
	Nyanza Swift			Insufficient data
39	Lake Mburo National Park	🇺🇬 Uganda	5	20–30%
	White-rumped Swift			10–20%
	Little Swift			0–10%
	African Swift			<5%
	Common Swift			<5%
	Horus Swift			<5%
40	Ordesa y Monte Perdido National Park	🇪🇸 Spain	1	20–30%
	Common Swift			20–30%
41	Pyrénées National Park	🇫🇷 France	2	20–30%
	Common Swift			20–30%
	Pallid Swift			<5%
42	Taroko National Park	🇹🇼 Taiwan	2	20–30%
	House Swift			10–20%
	Pacific Swift			0–10%
43	Cairngorms National Park	🇬🇧 United Kingdom	1	20–30%
	Common Swift			20–30%
44	Kidepo Valley National Park	🇺🇬 Uganda	6	20–30%
	White-rumped Swift			0–10%
	African Swift			0–10%
	Little Swift			<5%
	Common Swift			<5%
	Nyanza Swift			<5%
	Horus Swift			Insufficient data
45	Bwindi Impenetrable National Park	🇺🇬 Uganda	5	10–20%
	White-rumped Swift			0–10%
	Little Swift			0–10%
	African Swift			<5%
	Common Swift			<5%
	Horus Swift			<5%
46	Meru National Park	🇰🇪 Kenya	2	10–20%
	Little Swift			10–20%
	Common Swift			Insufficient data
47	Gobi Gurvansaikhan National Park	🇲🇳 Mongolia	2	10–20%
	Pacific Swift			10–20%
	Common Swift			0–10%
48	Mana Pools National Park	🇿🇼 Zimbabwe	5	10–20%
	Horus Swift			0–10%
	Common Swift			0–10%
	Little Swift			0–10%
	White-rumped Swift			<5%
	African Swift			Insufficient data
49	Khao Yai National Park	🇹🇭 Thailand	3	10–20%
	House Swift			10–20%
	Pacific Swift			<5%
	Cook's Swift			Insufficient data
50	Hluhluwe-Imfolozi Park	🇿🇦 South Africa	5	10–20%
	Little Swift			10–20%
	White-rumped Swift			0–10%
	African Swift			Insufficient data
	Common Swift			Insufficient data
	Horus Swift			Insufficient data
51	Table Mountain National Park	🇿🇦 South Africa	5	10–20%
	African Swift			10–20%
	White-rumped Swift			<5%
	Little Swift			<5%
	Common Swift			<5%
	Horus Swift			Insufficient data
52	Periyar National Park	🇮🇳 India	2	10–20%
	Little Swift			10–20%
	Blyth's Swift			Insufficient data
53	Keoladeo National Park	🇮🇳 India	1	10–20%
	Little Swift			10–20%
54	Białowieża National Park	🇵🇱 Poland	1	10–20%
	Common Swift			10–20%
55	Kafue National Park	🇿🇲 Zambia	3	10–20%
	White-rumped Swift			0–10%
	Common Swift			0–10%
	Little Swift			0–10%
56	Murchison Falls National Park	🇺🇬 Uganda	6	10–20%
	Little Swift			0–10%
	White-rumped Swift			0–10%
	African Swift			<5%
	Common Swift			<5%
	Horus Swift			<5%
	Nyanza Swift			Insufficient data
57	Wilpattu National Park	🇱🇰 Sri Lanka	1	10–20%
	Little Swift			10–20%
58	Nagarhole National Park	🇮🇳 India	1	10–20%
	Little Swift			10–20%
59	Doi Inthanon National Park	🇹🇭 Thailand	3	10–20%
	House Swift			10–20%
	Cook's Swift			0–10%
	Pacific Swift			<5%
60	Mercantour National Park	🇫🇷 France	2	10–20%
	Common Swift			10–20%
	Pallid Swift			Insufficient data
61	Ranthambore National Park	🇮🇳 India	1	10–20%
	Little Swift			10–20%
62	Biebrza National Park	🇵🇱 Poland	1	10–20%
	Common Swift			10–20%
63	Khao Sok National Park	🇹🇭 Thailand	3	10–20%
	Pacific Swift			10–20%
	House Swift			<5%
	Cook's Swift			<5%
64	Niokolo-Koba National Park	🇸🇳 Senegal	2	10–20%
	Little Swift			10–20%
	Common Swift			<5%
65	Sierra de Guadarrama National Park	🇪🇸 Spain	3	10–20%
	Common Swift			10–20%
	Pallid Swift			<5%
	White-rumped Swift			Insufficient data
66	Langtang National Park	🇳🇵 Nepal	3	10–20%
	Pacific Swift			Insufficient data
	House Swift			0–10%
	Blyth's Swift			<5%
67	Snowdonia National Park	🇬🇧 United Kingdom	1	10–20%
	Common Swift			10–20%
68	Picos de Europa National Park	🇪🇸 Spain	2	10–20%
	Common Swift			10–20%
	Pallid Swift			Insufficient data
69	Namib-Naukluft National Park	🇳🇦 Namibia	4	10–20%
	Little Swift			0–10%
	Bradfield's Swift			<5%
	White-rumped Swift			<5%
	Common Swift			<5%
70	Sundarbans National Park	🇮🇳 India	1	10–20%
	Little Swift			10–20%
71	Berenty Reserve	🇲🇬 Madagascar	2	10–20%
	Little Swift			0–10%
	Madagascar Swift			0–10%
72	Volcanoes National Park	🇷🇼 Rwanda	5	10–20%
	Little Swift			0–10%
	African Swift			<5%
	White-rumped Swift			<5%
	Common Swift			Insufficient data
	Horus Swift			Insufficient data
73	Wadden Sea National Park	🇩🇪 Germany	2	10–20%
	Common Swift			10–20%
	Pallid Swift			<5%
74	Kanha National Park	🇮🇳 India	1	10–20%
	Little Swift			10–20%
75	Bandhavgarh National Park	🇮🇳 India	2	10–20%
	Little Swift			10–20%
	Blyth's Swift			Insufficient data
76	Bavarian Forest National Park	🇩🇪 Germany	1	10–20%
	Common Swift			10–20%
77	Semuliki National Park	🇺🇬 Uganda	3	10–20%
	Little Swift			0–10%
	White-rumped Swift			<5%
	African Swift			<5%
78	Sinharaja Forest Reserve	🇱🇰 Sri Lanka	1	10–20%
	Little Swift			10–20%
79	Kaeng Krachan National Park	🇹🇭 Thailand	3	10–20%
	Pacific Swift			0–10%
	Cook's Swift			<5%
	House Swift			<5%
80	Royal Bardia National Park	🇳🇵 Nepal	1	0–10%
	House Swift			0–10%
81	Bandipur National Park	🇮🇳 India	1	0–10%
	Little Swift			0–10%
82	Fertő-Hanság National Park	🇭🇺 Hungary	1	0–10%
	Common Swift			0–10%
83	Chitwan National Park	🇳🇵 Nepal	2	0–10%
	House Swift			0–10%
	Blyth's Swift			Insufficient data
84	Chobe National Park	🇧🇼 Botswana	5	0–10%
	Little Swift			<5%
	Common Swift			<5%
	White-rumped Swift			<5%
	African Swift			<5%
	Horus Swift			Insufficient data
85	Lower Zambezi National Park	🇿🇲 Zambia	5	0–10%
	Little Swift			<5%
	Horus Swift			Insufficient data
	Common Swift			Insufficient data
	White-rumped Swift			Insufficient data
	African Swift			Insufficient data
86	Satpura National Park	🇮🇳 India	1	0–10%
	Little Swift			0–10%
87	Bale Mountains National Park	🇪🇹 Ethiopia	1	0–10%
	Nyanza Swift			0–10%
88	Khangchendzonga National Park	🇮🇳 India	2	0–10%
	Blyth's Swift			0–10%
	House Swift			Insufficient data
89	Nyungwe National Park	🇷🇼 Rwanda	5	0–10%
	Little Swift			<5%
	White-rumped Swift			<5%
	Horus Swift			<5%
	African Swift			<5%
	Common Swift			<5%
90	Nikko National Park	🇯🇵 Japan	2	0–10%
	Pacific Swift			0–10%
	House Swift			Insufficient data
91	Gorongosa National Park	🇲🇿 Mozambique	2	0–10%
	Little Swift			<5%
	White-rumped Swift			Insufficient data
92	Hortobágy National Park	🇭🇺 Hungary	1	<5%
	Common Swift			<5%
93	Danum Valley Conservation Area	🇲🇾 Malaysia	2	<5%
	House Swift			<5%
	Pacific Swift			<5%
94	Jim Corbett National Park	🇮🇳 India	2	<5%
	Little Swift			<5%
	Blyth's Swift			Insufficient data
95	Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park	🇿🇦 South Africa	5	<5%
	Common Swift			<5%
	Little Swift			Insufficient data
	African Swift			Insufficient data
	White-rumped Swift			Insufficient data
	Bradfield's Swift			Insufficient data
96	Triglav National Park	🇸🇮 Slovenia	1	<5%
	Common Swift			<5%
97	Moremi Game Reserve	🇧🇼 Botswana	4	<5%
	Common Swift			<5%
	African Swift			<5%
	Little Swift			<5%
	White-rumped Swift			<5%
98	Cat Tien National Park	🇻🇳 Vietnam	2	<5%
	House Swift			<5%
	Pacific Swift			<5%
99	Kiskunság National Park	🇭🇺 Hungary	1	<5%
	Common Swift			<5%
100	Way Kambas National Park	🇮🇩 Indonesia	2	<5%
	Pacific Swift			<5%
	House Swift			<5%
101	Kerinci Seblat National Park	🇮🇩 Indonesia	2	<5%
	House Swift			<5%
	Pacific Swift			Insufficient data
102	Khao Luang National Park	🇹🇭 Thailand	2	<5%
	Pacific Swift			<5%
	House Swift			Insufficient data
103	Kaziranga National Park	🇮🇳 India	2	<5%
	House Swift			<5%
	Dark-rumped Swift			Insufficient data
104	Ankarafantsika National Park	🇲🇬 Madagascar	1	<5%
	Madagascar Swift			<5%
105	Kinabalu Park	🇲🇾 Malaysia	2	<5%
	House Swift			<5%
	Pacific Swift			Insufficient data
106	Litchfield National Park	🇦🇺 Australia	1	<5%
	Pacific Swift			<5%
107	Eravikulam National Park	🇮🇳 India	1	<5%
	Little Swift			Insufficient data
108	Daintree National Park	🇦🇺 Australia	1	<5%
	Pacific Swift			<5%
109	Kinabatangan Wildlife Sanctuary	🇲🇾 Malaysia	2	<5%
	House Swift			<5%
	Pacific Swift			<5%
110	Cuc Phuong National Park	🇻🇳 Vietnam	2	<5%
	Pacific Swift			Insufficient data
	House Swift			Insufficient data
111	Horton Plains National Park	🇱🇰 Sri Lanka	1	<5%
	Little Swift			Insufficient data
112	Nitmiluk National Park	🇦🇺 Australia	2	<5%
	Pacific Swift			Insufficient data
	House Swift			Insufficient data
113	Lamington National Park	🇦🇺 Australia	1	<5%
	Pacific Swift			<5%
114	Kakadu National Park	🇦🇺 Australia	1	<5%
	Pacific Swift			<5%
115	Great Otway National Park	🇦🇺 Australia	1	<5%
	Pacific Swift			<5%
116	Wilsons Promontory National Park	🇦🇺 Australia	1	<5%
	Pacific Swift			Insufficient data
117	Royal National Park	🇦🇺 Australia	1	<5%
	Pacific Swift			<5%
118	Blue Mountains National Park	🇦🇺 Australia	1	<5%
	Pacific Swift			Insufficient data
119	Vatnajokull National Park	🇮🇸 Iceland	1	<5%
	Common Swift			Insufficient data

Typical Swifts

Species in this group

Little Swift

Common Swift

Bradfield's Swift

White-rumped Swift

Salim Ali's Swift

House Swift

Madagascar Swift

Pallid Swift

Pacific Swift

African Swift

Nyanza Swift

Horus Swift

Blyth's Swift

Cook's Swift

Forbes-Watson's Swift

Dark-rumped Swift

📅 Monthly Probability

🕐 When They're Spotted

Where to see Typical Swifts

Parks Ranked