Scarce Swift

Closest Relatives at Volcanoes 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	Nyungwe National Park	🇷🇼 Rwanda	0–10%
2	Bwindi Impenetrable National Park	🇺🇬 Uganda	0–10%
3	Kidepo Valley National Park	🇺🇬 Uganda	<5%
4	Murchison Falls National Park	🇺🇬 Uganda	<5%
5	Volcanoes National Park	🇷🇼 Rwanda	<5%
6	Aberdare National Park	🇰🇪 Kenya	<5%
7	Kibale National Park	🇺🇬 Uganda	<5%
8	Ngorongoro Conservation Area	🇹🇿 Tanzania	<5%
9	Queen Elizabeth National Park	🇺🇬 Uganda	<5%
10	Mkomazi National Park	🇹🇿 Tanzania	Insufficient data
11	Semuliki National Park	🇺🇬 Uganda	Insufficient data
12	Masai Mara National Reserve	🇰🇪 Kenya	Insufficient data
13	Serengeti National Park	🇹🇿 Tanzania	Insufficient data

Quick answers

What are the chances of seeing a Scarce Swift in Volcanoes National Park?

About 3% of visitor-days record a Scarce Swift sighting in Volcanoes National Park, based on 21 observer-days of citizen-science data from GBIF.

When is the best time to see Scarce Swift in Volcanoes National Park?

August has the highest sighting rate for Scarce Swift in Volcanoes National Park in our monthly data.