Band-rumped Swift
Band-rumped SwiftBand-rumped Swift

Band-rumped Swift

Chaetura spinicaudus

Least ConcernNear ThreatenedVulnerableEndangeredCritically Endangered
<5% · Rare
overall probability at Tayrona National Natural Park
33 Verified records at Tayrona National Natural Park
June Best month highest sighting rate
☀️ Diurnal When it's active during daytime hours (6am–6pm)

The band-rumped swift (Chaetura spinicaudus) is a species of bird in subfamily Apodinae of the swift family Apodidae. It is found from Panama south through Colombia into Ecuador, east from Venezuela into the Guianas and Brazil, and on Trinidad. Wikipedia →

<5% of wildlife watchers report a Band-rumped Swift sighting in Tayrona National Natural Park, based on 33 days of visitor records from GBIF citizen-science data.

Closest Relatives at Tayrona National Natural Park

🐦 No photo available
LC

Gray-rumped Swift

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Chaetura cinereiventris

5–10% · With luck
Short-tailed Swift
LC

Short-tailed Swift

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Chaetura brachyura

<5% · Rare
White-collared Swift
LC

White-collared Swift

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Streptoprocne zonaris

5–10% · Rare
Lesser Swallow-tailed Swift
LC

Lesser Swallow-tailed Swift

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Panyptila cayennensis

<5% · Rare
Chestnut-collared Swift
LC

Chestnut-collared Swift

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Streptoprocne rutila

<5% · Rare
🐦 No photo available
LC

White-tipped Swift

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Aeronautes montivagus

Insufficient data
Rufous-tailed Hummingbird
LC

Rufous-tailed Hummingbird

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Amazilia tzacatl

40–50% · Likely
Pale-bellied Hermit
LC

Pale-bellied Hermit

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Phaethornis anthophilus

30–40% · Possible
White-chinned Sapphire
LC

White-chinned Sapphire

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Chlorestes cyanus

20–30% · Possible
White-necked Jacobin
LC

White-necked Jacobin

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Florisuga mellivora

10–20% · With luck
Steely-vented Hummingbird

Steely-vented Hummingbird

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Saucerottia saucerottei

5–10% · With luck
White-vented Plumeleteer
LC

White-vented Plumeleteer

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Chalybura buffonii

5–10% · With luck

📅 Monthly Probability

<5
Jan
<5
Feb
<5
Mar
<5
Apr
<5
May
5–10
Jun
<5
Jul
<5
Aug
<5
Sep
<5
Oct
5–10
Nov
<5
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 Brownsberg Nature Park 🇸🇷 Suriname
40–50%
2 Soberanía National Park 🇵🇦 Panama
20–30%
3 Utría National Natural Park 🇨🇴 Colombia
10–20%
4 Darién National Park 🇵🇦 Panama
10–20%
5 San Lorenzo Protected Forest 🇵🇦 Panama
10–20%
6 Anavilhanas National Park 🇧🇷 Brazil
10–20%
7 Canaima National Park 🇻🇪 Venezuela
5–10%
8 Chagres National Park 🇵🇦 Panama
<5%
9 Tayrona National Natural Park 🇨🇴 Colombia
<5%
10 Caroni Swamp 🇹🇹 Trinidad and Tobago
<5%
11 Parque Natural Metropolitano 🇵🇦 Panama
<5%
12 Farallones de Cali National Natural Park 🇨🇴 Colombia
Insufficient data

Quick answers

What are the chances of seeing a Band-rumped Swift in Tayrona National Natural Park?

About 3% of wildlife watchers report a Band-rumped Swift sighting in Tayrona National Natural Park, based on 33 days of visitor records from GBIF citizen-science data.

When is the best time to see Band-rumped Swift in Tayrona National Natural Park?

June has the highest sighting rate for Band-rumped Swift in Tayrona National Natural Park in our monthly data.

← Back to Tayrona National Natural Park