Genus

Typical Swifts

Apus

16 species in our catalog · found in 131 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 balstoni

Apus nipalensis

Apus pallidus

Apus pacificus

Apus barbatus

Apus horus

Apus niansae

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

10–20

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			5–10%
	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	Arusha National Park	🇹🇿 Tanzania	6	40–50%
	Little Swift			10–20%
	White-rumped Swift			10–20%
	Horus Swift			5–10%
	Nyanza Swift			5–10%
	African Swift			<5%
	Common Swift			<5%
7	Waterberg Plateau Park	🇳🇦 Namibia	4	40–50%
	Bradfield's Swift			30–40%
	Common Swift			5–10%
	Little Swift			5–10%
	White-rumped Swift			Insufficient data
8	Serengeti National Park	🇹🇿 Tanzania	6	40–50%
	Little Swift			20–30%
	White-rumped Swift			10–20%
	Horus Swift			<5%
	Common Swift			<5%
	African Swift			<5%
	Nyanza Swift			<5%
9	Tsavo West National Park	🇰🇪 Kenya	5	40–50%
	Little Swift			20–30%
	White-rumped Swift			10–20%
	Common Swift			5–10%
	African Swift			<5%
	Horus Swift			Insufficient data
10	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
11	Tsavo East National Park	🇰🇪 Kenya	7	40–50%
	Little Swift			30–40%
	White-rumped Swift			5–10%
	Common Swift			<5%
	African Swift			<5%
	Forbes-Watson's Swift			<5%
	Horus Swift			Insufficient data
	Nyanza Swift			Insufficient data
12	Lake Nakuru National Park	🇰🇪 Kenya	6	40–50%
	Little Swift			20–30%
	Nyanza Swift			5–10%
	African Swift			5–10%
	Horus Swift			<5%
	White-rumped Swift			<5%
	Common Swift			<5%
13	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%
14	Aberdare National Park	🇰🇪 Kenya	6	30–40%
	Little Swift			20–30%
	Nyanza Swift			5–10%
	African Swift			5–10%
	White-rumped Swift			<5%
	Common Swift			<5%
	Horus Swift			Insufficient data
15	Cévennes National Park	🇫🇷 France	1	30–40%
	Common Swift			30–40%
16	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%
17	Gonarezhou National Park	🇿🇼 Zimbabwe	5	30–40%
	Little Swift			20–30%
	White-rumped Swift			5–10%
	Horus Swift			Insufficient data
	African Swift			Insufficient data
	Common Swift			Insufficient data
18	Mkomazi National Park	🇹🇿 Tanzania	6	30–40%
	Little Swift			10–20%
	White-rumped Swift			10–20%
	African Swift			5–10%
	Common Swift			<5%
	Nyanza Swift			Insufficient data
	Horus Swift			Insufficient data
19	Sierra Nevada National Park	🇪🇸 Spain	2	30–40%
	Common Swift			20–30%
	Pallid Swift			10–20%
20	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
21	Monfragüe National Park	🇪🇸 Spain	3	30–40%
	Common Swift			10–20%
	Pallid Swift			10–20%
	White-rumped Swift			<5%
22	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%
23	Minneriya National Park	🇱🇰 Sri Lanka	1	30–40%
	Little Swift			30–40%
24	Etosha National Park	🇳🇦 Namibia	4	20–30%
	Little Swift			20–30%
	Common Swift			5–10%
	White-rumped Swift			<5%
	Bradfield's Swift			<5%
25	Gauja National Park	🇱🇻 Latvia	1	20–30%
	Common Swift			20–30%
26	Ruaha National Park	🇹🇿 Tanzania	4	20–30%
	Little Swift			10–20%
	White-rumped Swift			10–20%
	Common Swift			5–10%
	African Swift			<5%
27	Akagera National Park	🇷🇼 Rwanda	4	20–30%
	White-rumped Swift			10–20%
	Little Swift			10–20%
	African Swift			5–10%
	Common Swift			Insufficient data
28	Jiuzhaigou National Park	🇨🇳 China	3	20–30%
	Salim Ali's Swift			20–30%
	House Swift			<5%
	Pacific Swift			Insufficient data
29	Tatra National Park	🇸🇰 Slovakia	1	20–30%
	Common Swift			20–30%
30	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
31	Yala National Park	🇱🇰 Sri Lanka	2	20–30%
	Little Swift			20–30%
	Blyth's Swift			Insufficient data
32	Garden Route National Park	🇿🇦 South Africa	5	20–30%
	White-rumped Swift			10–20%
	African Swift			5–10%
	Little Swift			<5%
	Common Swift			<5%
	Horus Swift			<5%
33	South Luangwa National Park	🇿🇲 Zambia	5	20–30%
	Little Swift			10–20%
	African Swift			Insufficient data
	Horus Swift			5–10%
	White-rumped Swift			5–10%
	Common Swift			<5%
34	Aigüestortes National Park	🇪🇸 Spain	2	20–30%
	Common Swift			20–30%
	Pallid Swift			Insufficient data
35	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%
36	Picos de Europa National Park	🇪🇸 Spain	2	20–30%
	Common Swift			20–30%
	Pallid Swift			Insufficient data
37	Doñana National Park	🇪🇸 Spain	3	20–30%
	Common Swift			10–20%
	Pallid Swift			10–20%
	Little Swift			<5%
38	Bali Barat National Park	🇮🇩 Indonesia	2	20–30%
	House Swift			10–20%
	Pacific Swift			5–10%
39	Mikumi National Park	🇹🇿 Tanzania	5	20–30%
	Little Swift			10–20%
	White-rumped Swift			5–10%
	African Swift			Insufficient data
	Common Swift			Insufficient data
	Horus Swift			Insufficient data
40	Ranomafana National Park	🇲🇬 Madagascar	2	20–30%
	Madagascar Swift			20–30%
	Little Swift			<5%
41	Mudumalai National Park	🇮🇳 India	2	20–30%
	Little Swift			20–30%
	Blyth's Swift			Insufficient data
42	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
43	Lake Mburo National Park	🇺🇬 Uganda	5	20–30%
	White-rumped Swift			10–20%
	Little Swift			5–10%
	African Swift			<5%
	Common Swift			<5%
	Horus Swift			<5%
44	Ordesa y Monte Perdido National Park	🇪🇸 Spain	1	20–30%
	Common Swift			20–30%
45	Virunga National Park	🇨🇩 Democratic Republic of the Congo	5	20–30%
	Little Swift			5–10%
	White-rumped Swift			5–10%
	African Swift			<5%
	Common Swift			<5%
	Horus Swift			<5%
46	Pyrénées National Park	🇫🇷 France	2	20–30%
	Common Swift			20–30%
	Pallid Swift			<5%
47	Taroko National Park	🇹🇼 Taiwan	2	20–30%
	House Swift			10–20%
	Pacific Swift			5–10%
48	Sierra de Guadarrama National Park	🇪🇸 Spain	3	20–30%
	Common Swift			20–30%
	Pallid Swift			<5%
	White-rumped Swift			Insufficient data
49	Cairngorms National Park	🇬🇧 United Kingdom	1	20–30%
	Common Swift			20–30%
50	Kidepo Valley National Park	🇺🇬 Uganda	6	20–30%
	White-rumped Swift			5–10%
	African Swift			5–10%
	Little Swift			<5%
	Common Swift			<5%
	Nyanza Swift			<5%
	Horus Swift			Insufficient data
51	Bwindi Impenetrable National Park	🇺🇬 Uganda	5	10–20%
	White-rumped Swift			5–10%
	Little Swift			5–10%
	African Swift			<5%
	Common Swift			<5%
	Horus Swift			<5%
52	Meru National Park	🇰🇪 Kenya	2	10–20%
	Little Swift			10–20%
	Common Swift			Insufficient data
53	Gobi Gurvansaikhan National Park	🇲🇳 Mongolia	2	10–20%
	Pacific Swift			10–20%
	Common Swift			5–10%
54	Mana Pools National Park	🇿🇼 Zimbabwe	5	10–20%
	Horus Swift			5–10%
	Common Swift			5–10%
	Little Swift			5–10%
	White-rumped Swift			<5%
	African Swift			Insufficient data
55	Khao Yai National Park	🇹🇭 Thailand	3	10–20%
	House Swift			10–20%
	Pacific Swift			<5%
	Cook's Swift			Insufficient data
56	Hluhluwe-Imfolozi Park	🇿🇦 South Africa	5	10–20%
	Little Swift			10–20%
	White-rumped Swift			5–10%
	African Swift			Insufficient data
	Common Swift			Insufficient data
	Horus Swift			Insufficient data
57	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
58	Periyar National Park	🇮🇳 India	2	10–20%
	Little Swift			10–20%
	Blyth's Swift			Insufficient data
59	Keoladeo National Park	🇮🇳 India	1	10–20%
	Little Swift			10–20%
60	Białowieża National Park	🇵🇱 Poland	1	10–20%
	Common Swift			10–20%
61	Kafue National Park	🇿🇲 Zambia	3	10–20%
	White-rumped Swift			5–10%
	Common Swift			5–10%
	Little Swift			5–10%
62	Murchison Falls National Park	🇺🇬 Uganda	6	10–20%
	Little Swift			5–10%
	White-rumped Swift			5–10%
	African Swift			<5%
	Common Swift			<5%
	Horus Swift			<5%
	Nyanza Swift			Insufficient data
63	Wilpattu National Park	🇱🇰 Sri Lanka	1	10–20%
	Little Swift			10–20%
64	Nagarhole National Park	🇮🇳 India	1	10–20%
	Little Swift			10–20%
65	Doi Inthanon National Park	🇹🇭 Thailand	3	10–20%
	House Swift			10–20%
	Cook's Swift			5–10%
	Pacific Swift			<5%
66	Mercantour National Park	🇫🇷 France	2	10–20%
	Common Swift			10–20%
	Pallid Swift			Insufficient data
67	Taï National Park	🇨🇮 Ivory Coast	2	10–20%
	Little Swift			Insufficient data
	Common Swift			Insufficient data
68	Ranthambore National Park	🇮🇳 India	1	10–20%
	Little Swift			10–20%
69	Biebrza National Park	🇵🇱 Poland	1	10–20%
	Common Swift			10–20%
70	Khao Sok National Park	🇹🇭 Thailand	3	10–20%
	Pacific Swift			10–20%
	House Swift			<5%
	Cook's Swift			<5%
71	Hwange National Park	🇿🇼 Zimbabwe	5	10–20%
	Little Swift			10–20%
	Common Swift			<5%
	African Swift			<5%
	Horus Swift			<5%
	White-rumped Swift			Insufficient data
72	Niokolo-Koba National Park	🇸🇳 Senegal	2	10–20%
	Little Swift			10–20%
	Common Swift			<5%
73	Langtang National Park	🇳🇵 Nepal	3	10–20%
	Pacific Swift			Insufficient data
	House Swift			5–10%
	Blyth's Swift			<5%
74	Snowdonia National Park	🇬🇧 United Kingdom	1	10–20%
	Common Swift			10–20%
75	Namib-Naukluft National Park	🇳🇦 Namibia	4	10–20%
	Little Swift			5–10%
	Bradfield's Swift			<5%
	White-rumped Swift			<5%
	Common Swift			<5%
76	Sundarbans National Park	🇮🇳 India	1	10–20%
	Little Swift			10–20%
77	Berenty Reserve	🇲🇬 Madagascar	2	10–20%
	Little Swift			5–10%
	Madagascar Swift			5–10%
78	Volcanoes National Park	🇷🇼 Rwanda	5	10–20%
	Little Swift			5–10%
	African Swift			<5%
	White-rumped Swift			<5%
	Common Swift			Insufficient data
	Horus Swift			Insufficient data
79	Awash National Park	🇪🇹 Ethiopia	3	10–20%
	Little Swift			5–10%
	Horus Swift			Insufficient data
	White-rumped Swift			Insufficient data
80	Hemis National Park	🇮🇳 India	2	10–20%
	Common Swift			10–20%
	Blyth's Swift			Insufficient data
81	Wadden Sea National Park	🇩🇪 Germany	2	10–20%
	Common Swift			10–20%
	Pallid Swift			<5%
82	Kanha National Park	🇮🇳 India	1	10–20%
	Little Swift			10–20%
83	Bandhavgarh National Park	🇮🇳 India	2	10–20%
	Little Swift			10–20%
	Blyth's Swift			Insufficient data
84	Bavarian Forest National Park	🇩🇪 Germany	1	10–20%
	Common Swift			10–20%
85	Semuliki National Park	🇺🇬 Uganda	3	10–20%
	Little Swift			5–10%
	White-rumped Swift			<5%
	African Swift			<5%
86	Sinharaja Forest Reserve	🇱🇰 Sri Lanka	1	10–20%
	Little Swift			10–20%
87	Kaeng Krachan National Park	🇹🇭 Thailand	3	10–20%
	Pacific Swift			5–10%
	Cook's Swift			<5%
	House Swift			<5%
88	Royal Bardia National Park	🇳🇵 Nepal	1	5–10%
	House Swift			5–10%
89	Selous Game Reserve	🇹🇿 Tanzania	2	5–10%
	Little Swift			Insufficient data
	White-rumped Swift			Insufficient data
90	Bandipur National Park	🇮🇳 India	1	5–10%
	Little Swift			5–10%
91	Fertő-Hanság National Park	🇭🇺 Hungary	1	5–10%
	Common Swift			5–10%
92	Chitwan National Park	🇳🇵 Nepal	2	5–10%
	House Swift			5–10%
	Blyth's Swift			Insufficient data
93	Triglav National Park	🇸🇮 Slovenia	1	5–10%
	Common Swift			5–10%
94	Way Kambas National Park	🇮🇩 Indonesia	2	5–10%
	Pacific Swift			<5%
	House Swift			<5%
95	Chobe National Park	🇧🇼 Botswana	5	5–10%
	Little Swift			<5%
	Common Swift			<5%
	White-rumped Swift			<5%
	African Swift			<5%
	Horus Swift			Insufficient data
96	Liwonde National Park	🇲🇼 Malawi	4	5–10%
	Common Swift			<5%
	Little Swift			Insufficient data
	White-rumped Swift			Insufficient data
	African Swift			Insufficient data
97	Jim Corbett National Park	🇮🇳 India	2	5–10%
	Little Swift			5–10%
	Blyth's Swift			Insufficient data
98	Lower Zambezi National Park	🇿🇲 Zambia	5	5–10%
	Little Swift			<5%
	Horus Swift			Insufficient data
	Common Swift			Insufficient data
	White-rumped Swift			Insufficient data
	African Swift			Insufficient data
99	Satpura National Park	🇮🇳 India	1	5–10%
	Little Swift			5–10%
100	Bale Mountains National Park	🇪🇹 Ethiopia	1	5–10%
	Nyanza Swift			5–10%
101	Khangchendzonga National Park	🇮🇳 India	2	5–10%
	Blyth's Swift			5–10%
	House Swift			Insufficient data
102	Nyungwe National Park	🇷🇼 Rwanda	5	5–10%
	Little Swift			<5%
	White-rumped Swift			<5%
	Horus Swift			<5%
	African Swift			<5%
	Common Swift			<5%
103	Royal Manas National Park	🇧🇹 Bhutan	3	5–10%
	Blyth's Swift			5–10%
	House Swift			<5%
	Dark-rumped Swift			Insufficient data
104	Nikko National Park	🇯🇵 Japan	2	5–10%
	Pacific Swift			5–10%
	House Swift			Insufficient data
105	Gorongosa National Park	🇲🇿 Mozambique	2	5–10%
	Little Swift			<5%
	White-rumped Swift			Insufficient data
106	Kaziranga National Park	🇮🇳 India	2	5–10%
	House Swift			5–10%
	Dark-rumped Swift			Insufficient data
107	Hortobágy National Park	🇭🇺 Hungary	1	<5%
	Common Swift			<5%
108	Danum Valley Conservation Area	🇲🇾 Malaysia	2	<5%
	House Swift			<5%
	Pacific Swift			<5%
109	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
110	Moremi Game Reserve	🇧🇼 Botswana	4	<5%
	Common Swift			<5%
	African Swift			<5%
	Little Swift			<5%
	White-rumped Swift			<5%
111	Cat Tien National Park	🇻🇳 Vietnam	2	<5%
	House Swift			<5%
	Pacific Swift			<5%
112	Kiskunság National Park	🇭🇺 Hungary	1	<5%
	Common Swift			<5%
113	Kerinci Seblat National Park	🇮🇩 Indonesia	2	<5%
	House Swift			<5%
	Pacific Swift			Insufficient data
114	Khao Luang National Park	🇹🇭 Thailand	2	<5%
	Pacific Swift			<5%
	House Swift			Insufficient data
115	Ankarafantsika National Park	🇲🇬 Madagascar	1	<5%
	Madagascar Swift			<5%
116	Kinabalu Park	🇲🇾 Malaysia	2	<5%
	House Swift			<5%
	Pacific Swift			Insufficient data
117	Litchfield National Park	🇦🇺 Australia	1	<5%
	Pacific Swift			<5%
118	Eravikulam National Park	🇮🇳 India	1	<5%
	Little Swift			Insufficient data
119	Daintree National Park	🇦🇺 Australia	1	<5%
	Pacific Swift			<5%
120	Kinabatangan Wildlife Sanctuary	🇲🇾 Malaysia	2	<5%
	House Swift			<5%
	Pacific Swift			<5%
121	Ningaloo Marine Park	🇦🇺 Australia	1	<5%
	Pacific Swift			Insufficient data
122	Cuc Phuong National Park	🇻🇳 Vietnam	2	<5%
	Pacific Swift			Insufficient data
	House Swift			Insufficient data
123	Horton Plains National Park	🇱🇰 Sri Lanka	1	<5%
	Little Swift			Insufficient data
124	Nitmiluk National Park	🇦🇺 Australia	2	<5%
	Pacific Swift			Insufficient data
	House Swift			Insufficient data
125	Lamington National Park	🇦🇺 Australia	1	<5%
	Pacific Swift			<5%
126	Kakadu National Park	🇦🇺 Australia	1	<5%
	Pacific Swift			<5%
127	Great Otway National Park	🇦🇺 Australia	1	<5%
	Pacific Swift			<5%
128	Wilsons Promontory National Park	🇦🇺 Australia	1	<5%
	Pacific Swift			Insufficient data
129	Royal National Park	🇦🇺 Australia	1	<5%
	Pacific Swift			<5%
130	Blue Mountains National Park	🇦🇺 Australia	1	<5%
	Pacific Swift			Insufficient data
131	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

Madagascar Swift

House Swift

Pallid Swift

Pacific Swift

African Swift

Horus Swift

Nyanza 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