Collocalia linchi
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In 3 days >90%
The cave swiftlet or linchi swiftlet (Collocalia linchi) is a species of swift in the family Apodidae. It is found on the Indonesia islands of Sumatra, Java and Bali. It is a woodland species and nests in caves. The Bornean swiftlet was considered a subspecies, but is now usually considered distinct.
The cave swiftlet was described by the naturalists Thomas Horsfield and Frederic Moore in 1854 under the present binomial name Collocalia linchi. The specific epithet linchi is the Javanese word for a swiftlet. There are four recognised subspecies:
This bird is shiny blackish-brown above with a greenish gloss, including its rump; sometimes looks black and hooded. Chest black; belly to flanks pale grey with fine black speckles at margins. Wing tips are rounded; underwing is black. Tail black, rounded with shallow notch but lacking the white specks found in the very similar glossy swiftlet... Wikipedia →
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Indonesia · 2001
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| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bali Barat National Park | 🇮🇩 Indonesia |
More parks will be added in future updates.
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yogyakarta | 🇮🇩 Indonesia | |
| 2 | Jakarta | 🇮🇩 Indonesia | |
| 3 | Denpasar | 🇮🇩 Indonesia | |
| 4 | Tasikmalaya | 🇮🇩 Indonesia | |
| 5 | Malang | 🇮🇩 Indonesia | |
| 6 | Semarang | 🇮🇩 Indonesia | |
| 7 | Bandung | 🇮🇩 Indonesia | |
| 8 | Surabaya | 🇮🇩 Indonesia |
Very likely
About 80% of wildlife watchers report a Cave Swiftlet sighting in Denpasar on a given day, based on 1,220 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 4th most-seen of the 109 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to over 90%, if each day is a fresh chance.
April, July and October–November
In those months about 90% of wildlife watchers report a Cave Swiftlet in Denpasar on a given day, against about 60% in December and January, the lowest months.
Between 6 and 9 am
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Cave Swiftlet sightings with a recorded time, and about 6 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is most active around dawn and dusk.
3rd of 8
Of the 8 cities where we can rate Cave Swiftlet sightings, Denpasar ranks 3rd at about 80%. The best odds are in Yogyakarta (Indonesia, about 90%) and Jakarta (Indonesia, about 90%).
Same family: Apodidae
The closest relatives of the Cave Swiftlet that you can see in Denpasar (family Apodidae, Swifts) are White-nest Swiftlet (about 30%) and House Swift (about 20%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Cave Swiftlet is recorded against all the birds logged in Denpasar (1,220 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.
