What are the chances of seeing a Yellow-Streaked Swift in Daintree National Park?
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Yellow-Streaked Swift sighting in Daintree National Park on a given day, based on 9 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 511th most-seen of the 856 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 20%, and over a week to about 40%, if each day is a fresh chance.
When is the best time to see a Yellow-Streaked Swift in Daintree National Park?
June to September
In those months about 10% of wildlife watchers report a Yellow-Streaked Swift in Daintree National Park on a given day, against under 5% in October to May, the lowest months. Those are among Daintree National Park's driest months, with about 60 mm of rain a month against 380 mm in January.
What time of day is best to see a Yellow-Streaked Swift?
Between 9 am and noon
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Yellow-Streaked Swift sightings with a recorded time, and about 9 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
Where else can you see a Yellow-Streaked Swift?
Only Daintree National Park, in our data
Daintree National Park is the only park on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Yellow-Streaked Swift sightings: about 10% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
Where does the Yellow-Streaked Swift sighting chance come from?
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Yellow-Streaked Swift is recorded against all the insects logged in Daintree National Park (9 verified sightings from 2019 to 2026), 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.