Common Swift
Apus apus
- KingdomAnimalia (Animals)
- PhylumChordata (Cordats)
- ClassAves (Aus)
- OrderApodiformes (Swifts and Hummingbirds)
- FamilyApodidae (Swifts)
- GenusApus (Typical Swifts)
- SpeciesApus apus (Common Swift)
Closest Relatives at Tsavo East National Park
Little Swift
Apus affinis
White-rumped Swift
Apus caffer
African Swift
Apus barbatus
Forbes-Watson's Swift
Apus berliozi
Nyanza Swift
Apus niansae
Horus Swift
Apus horus
African Palm-Swift
Cypsiurus parvus
Mottled Spinetail
Telacanthura ussheri
Bat-like Spinetail
Neafrapus boehmi
Mottled Swift
Tachymarptis aequatorialis
Alpine Swift
Tachymarptis melba
📅 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
Quick answers
What are the chances of seeing a Common Swift in Tsavo East National Park?
About 3% of visitor-days record a Common Swift sighting in Tsavo East National Park, based on 61 observer-days of citizen-science data from GBIF.
When is the best time to see Common Swift in Tsavo East National Park?
December has the highest sighting rate for Common Swift in Tsavo East National Park in our monthly data.