Hirundo lucida
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In 3 days ~50% in a week ~80%
The red-chested swallow (Hirundo lucida) is a small non-migratory passerine bird found in West Africa, the Congo Basin and Ethiopia. It has a long, deeply forked tail and curved, pointed wings. It was formerly considered a subspecies of the closely resembling barn swallow. However, the adult red-chested swallow differs in being slightly smaller than its migratory relative, in addition to having a narrower blue breast band and shorter tail streamers. Juveniles are more comparable to barn swallow chicks. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Niokolo-Koba National Park | 🇸🇳 Senegal |
More parks will be added in future updates.
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Freetown | 🇸🇱 Sierra Leone | |
| 2 | Serrekunda | 🇬🇲 Gambia | |
| 3 | Dakar | 🇸🇳 Senegal | |
| 4 | Accra | 🇬🇭 Ghana |
Possible
About 20% of wildlife watchers report a Red-chested Swallow sighting in Freetown on a given day, based on 21 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 16th most-seen of the 79 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 50%, and over a week to about 80%, if each day is a fresh chance.
June
In that month about 40% of wildlife watchers report a Red-chested Swallow in Freetown on a given day, against about 10% in September and December, the lowest months. That is one of Freetown's wettest months, with about 400 mm of rain against almost none in January. March–April, July–August and October–November have too few records to rate.
Between 10 am and 1 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Red-chested Swallow sightings with a recorded time, and about 7 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
Yes
Of the 4 cities where we can rate Red-chested Swallow sightings, Freetown has the highest daily chance: about 20%. Next come Serrekunda (Gambia, about 20%) and Dakar (Senegal, about 20%).
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Red-chested Swallow is recorded against all the birds logged in Freetown (21 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.
