Cypsiurus gracilis
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In 3 days ~10% in a week ~20%
The Malagasy palm swift (Cypsiurus gracilis) is a small swift in the family Apodidae. It is very similar to the African palm swift, Cypsiurus parvus, with which it was formerly considered conspecific. It was split based on differences in vocalizations and plumage coloration.
The Malagasy palm swift is native to Madagascar and Comoros. Wikipedia →
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Madagascar · 2021
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| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ranomafana National Park | 🇲🇬 Madagascar | |
| 2 | Mantadia National Park | 🇲🇬 Madagascar | |
| 3 | Ankarafantsika National Park | 🇲🇬 Madagascar | |
| 4 | Berenty Reserve | 🇲🇬 Madagascar |
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Antananarivo | 🇲🇬 Madagascar |
Rare
Under 5% of wildlife watchers report a Malagasy Palm-Swift sighting in Antananarivo on a given day, based on 34 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 48th most-seen of the 69 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.
January and September–October
In those months about 10% of wildlife watchers report a Malagasy Palm-Swift in Antananarivo on a given day, against under 5% in February–August and November–December, the lowest months.
Between 5 and 8 am
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Malagasy Palm-Swift sightings with a recorded time, and about 7 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
Only Antananarivo, in our data
Antananarivo is the only city on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Malagasy Palm-Swift sightings: under 5% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Malagasy Palm-Swift is recorded against all the birds logged in Antananarivo (34 verified sightings), 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.
