Pseudhirundo griseopyga
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In 3 days ~10% in a week ~20%
The grey-rumped swallow (Pseudhirundo griseopyga) is a species of swallow. It is the only member of the genus Pseudhirundo. It is found in Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Republic of the Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ivory Coast, Equatorial Guinea, Eswatini, Ethiopia, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Kenya, Liberia, Malawi, Mali, Mozambique, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Rwanda, Senegal, Sierra Leone, South Africa, Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, and Zimbabwe.
Phylogenetic analysis has shown that the grey-rumped swallow is most closely related to the white-backed swallow (Cheramoeca leucosterna) that is found in Australia. Grey-rumped swallow - Species text in The Atlas of Southern African Birds. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lower Zambezi National Park | 🇿🇲 Zambia | |
| 2 | Kafue National Park | 🇿🇲 Zambia | |
| 3 | Mana Pools National Park | 🇿🇼 Zimbabwe | |
| 4 | Gonarezhou National Park | 🇿🇼 Zimbabwe | |
| 5 | Akagera National Park | 🇷🇼 Rwanda | |
| 6 | Moremi Game Reserve | 🇧🇼 Botswana | |
| 7 | Kruger National Park | 🇿🇦 South Africa | |
| 8 | Liwonde National Park | 🇲🇼 Malawi | |
| 9 | Chobe National Park | 🇧🇼 Botswana | |
| 10 | iSimangaliso Wetland Park | 🇿🇦 South Africa | |
| 11 | Ngorongoro Conservation Area | 🇹🇿 Tanzania | |
| 12 | Lake Nakuru National Park | 🇰🇪 Kenya | |
| 13 | Serengeti National Park | 🇹🇿 Tanzania | |
| 14 | Lake Mburo National Park | 🇺🇬 Uganda | |
| 15 | Queen Elizabeth National Park | 🇺🇬 Uganda | |
| 16 | Masai Mara National Reserve | 🇰🇪 Kenya |
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Harare | 🇿🇼 Zimbabwe |
Rare
Under 5% of wildlife watchers report a Gray-rumped Swallow sighting in Chobe National Park on a given day, based on 36 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 232nd most-seen of the 373 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 10%, and over a week to about 20%, if each day is a fresh chance.
June and October
In those months about 10% of wildlife watchers report a Gray-rumped Swallow in Chobe National Park on a given day, against under 5% in July–September and November–May, the lowest months. Those are among Chobe National Park's driest months, with almost no rain against 150 mm in January.
Between 8 and 11 am
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Gray-rumped Swallow sightings with a recorded time, and about 9 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
9th of 16
Of the 16 parks where we can rate Gray-rumped Swallow sightings, Chobe National Park ranks 9th at under 5%. The best odds are in Lower Zambezi National Park (Zambia, about 10%), Kafue National Park (Zambia, about 10%) and Mana Pools National Park (Zimbabwe, about 10%).
Same family: Hirundinidae
The closest relatives of the Gray-rumped Swallow that you can see in Chobe National Park (family Hirundinidae, Swallows and Martins) are Wire-tailed Swallow (about 30%), Barn Swallow (about 20%) and Lesser Striped-Swallow (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Gray-rumped Swallow is recorded against all the birds logged in Chobe National Park (36 verified sightings from 2019 to 2026), calibrated against known sighting rates. Figures are rounded to the nearest 10% because citizen-science data supports honest approximations, not decimals, and months with records from fewer than five people show "—". How it works.
