Hirundo aethiopica
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In 3 days ~60% in a week ~90%
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 |
Possible
About 20% of wildlife watchers report an Ethiopian Swallow sighting in Lagos on a given day, based on 20 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 20th most-seen of the 72 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 60%, and over a week to about 90%, if each day is a fresh chance.
March
In that month about 40% of wildlife watchers report an Ethiopian Swallow in Lagos on a given day, against about 10% in May, the lowest month. That is one of Lagos's driest months, with about 70 mm of rain against 250 mm in September. June, August–September and November have too few records to rate.
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.
3rd of 8
Of the 8 cities where we can rate Ethiopian Swallow sightings, Lagos ranks 3rd at about 20%. The best odds are in Abuja (Nigeria, about 40%) and Accra (Ghana, about 40%).
Same order: Passeriformes
The closest relatives of the Ethiopian Swallow that you can see in Lagos (order Passeriformes, Perching Birds) are Pied Crow (about 60%), Common Bulbul (about 50%) and African Thrush (about 40%), 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 Lagos (20 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.
