Hirundo aethiopica
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In 3 days ~30% in a week ~60%
The Ethiopian swallow (Hirundo aethiopica) is a species of bird in the family Hirundinidae. Although it is non-migratory, its range is wide, extending from Benin to Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ivory Coast, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Ghana, Guinea, Israel, Kenya, Mali, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal, Somalia, Sudan, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda.
It is often confused with the wire-tailed swallow. It breeds and nests on cliffs and in buildings. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Awash National Park | 🇪🇹 Ethiopia | |
| 2 | Samburu National Reserve | 🇰🇪 Kenya |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report an Ethiopian Swallow sighting in Cotonou on a given day, based on 6 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 17th most-seen of the 28 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 30%, and over a week to about 60%, if each day is a fresh chance.
Between 7 and 10 am
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Ethiopian 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.
5th of 8
Of the 8 cities where we can rate Ethiopian Swallow sightings, Cotonou ranks 5th at about 10%. The best odds are in Abuja (Nigeria, about 40%), Accra (Ghana, about 40%) and Lagos (Nigeria, about 20%).
Same order: Passeriformes
The closest relatives of the Ethiopian Swallow that you can see in Cotonou (order Passeriformes, Perching Birds) are Pied Crow (about 30%), Common Bulbul (about 30%) and Village Weaver (about 20%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Ethiopian Swallow is recorded against all the birds logged in Cotonou (6 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.
