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Cypsiurus parvus
Niokolo-Koba National Park leads · 30 parks ranked by real sighting rates
Share of wildlife watchers reporting an African Palm-Swift during a day in the park, from citizen-science data (GBIF)
| # | Park | Country | Sighting |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Niokolo-Koba National Park | 🇸🇳 Senegal | |
| 2 | Murchison Falls National Park | 🇺🇬 Uganda | |
| 3 | Nairobi National Park | 🇰🇪 Kenya | |
| 4 | Meru National Park | 🇰🇪 Kenya | |
| 5 | Samburu National Reserve | 🇰🇪 Kenya | |
| 6 | Liwonde National Park | 🇲🇼 Malawi | |
| 7 | Kidepo Valley National Park | 🇺🇬 Uganda | |
| 8 | Awash National Park | 🇪🇹 Ethiopia | |
| 9 | Ruaha National Park | 🇹🇿 Tanzania | |
| 10 | Lake Manyara National Park | 🇹🇿 Tanzania | |
| 11 | Pilanesberg National Park | 🇿🇦 South Africa | |
| 12 | Mikumi National Park | 🇹🇿 Tanzania | |
| 13 | Tsavo West National Park | 🇰🇪 Kenya | |
| 14 | Tarangire National Park | 🇹🇿 Tanzania | |
| 15 | Lower Zambezi National Park | 🇿🇲 Zambia | |
| 16 | Moremi Game Reserve | 🇧🇼 Botswana | |
| 17 | Kruger National Park | 🇿🇦 South Africa | |
| 18 | Kafue National Park | 🇿🇲 Zambia | |
| 19 | Mana Pools National Park | 🇿🇼 Zimbabwe | |
| 20 | Etosha National Park | 🇳🇦 Namibia | |
| 21 | Semuliki National Park | 🇺🇬 Uganda | |
| 22 | South Luangwa National Park | 🇿🇲 Zambia | |
| 23 | Gonarezhou National Park | 🇿🇼 Zimbabwe | |
| 24 | Amboseli National Park | 🇰🇪 Kenya | |
| 25 | Tsavo East National Park | 🇰🇪 Kenya |
Niokolo-Koba National Park
In Niokolo-Koba National Park, Senegal, about 80% of wildlife watchers report an African Palm-Swift sighting on a given day, the highest of the 30 parks where we can rate it, from GBIF citizen-science data.
Murchison Falls National Park and more
After Niokolo-Koba National Park, the next-best odds of seeing an African Palm-Swift are in Murchison Falls National Park (Uganda, about 60%), Nairobi National Park (Kenya, about 50%) and Meru National Park (Kenya, about 50%).
It depends on the park
In the top parks, the best months are February and September in Niokolo-Koba National Park (about 90%), July and December in Murchison Falls National Park (about 70%) and November and December in Nairobi National Park (about 70%), as the share of wildlife watchers who report an African Palm-Swift on a given day. Each park's African Palm-Swift page has the full month-by-month chart.
