Sick's Swift

Sick's Swift

Chaetura meridionalis

Least ConcernNear ThreatenedVulnerableEndangeredCritically Endangered
10–20% · With luck
overall probability at Tijuca National Park

📅 Monthly Probability

0–10
Jan
0–10
Feb
0–10
Mar
10–20
Apr
<5
May
<5
Jun
<5
Jul
0–10
Aug
20–30
Sep
20–30
Oct
20–30
Nov
20–30
Dec

☀️ When They're Spotted

Most active during daytime hours (6am–6pm) · across all parks (global)

☀️Diurnal
☀️🌙🌙12am6am12pm6pm12am

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 Serra dos Órgãos National Park 🇧🇷 Brazil
20–30%
2 Itatiaia National Park 🇧🇷 Brazil
20–30%
3 Emas National Park 🇧🇷 Brazil
10–20%
4 Tijuca National Park 🇧🇷 Brazil
10–20%
5 Iguazú National Park 🇦🇷 Argentina
10–20%
6 Iguaçu National Park 🇧🇷 Brazil
10–20%
7 Serra da Canastra National Park 🇧🇷 Brazil
10–20%
8 El Impenetrable National Park 🇦🇷 Argentina
0–10%
9 Chapada Diamantina National Park 🇧🇷 Brazil
<5%
10 Chapada dos Guimarães National Park 🇧🇷 Brazil
<5%
11 Parque Estadual Encontro das Águas 🇧🇷 Brazil
<5%
12 Amboró National Park 🇧🇴 Bolivia
Insufficient data
13 Iberá National Park 🇦🇷 Argentina
Insufficient data

Quick answers

What are the chances of seeing a Sick's Swift in Tijuca National Park?

About 12% of visitor-days record a Sick's Swift sighting in Tijuca National Park, based on 175 observer-days of citizen-science data from GBIF.

When is the best time to see Sick's Swift in Tijuca National Park?

September has the highest sighting rate for Sick's Swift in Tijuca National Park in our monthly data.

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