Pseudhirundo griseopyga
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In 3 days ~20% in a week ~40%
The grey-rumped swallow (Pseudhirundo griseopyga) is a species of swallow. It is the only member of the genus Pseudhirundo. It is found in Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Republic of the Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ivory Coast, Equatorial Guinea, Eswatini, Ethiopia, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Kenya, Liberia, Malawi, Mali, Mozambique, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Rwanda, Senegal, Sierra Leone, South Africa, Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, and Zimbabwe.
Phylogenetic analysis has shown that the grey-rumped swallow is most closely related to the white-backed swallow (Cheramoeca leucosterna) that is found in Australia. Grey-rumped swallow - Species text in The Atlas of Southern African Birds. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lower Zambezi National Park | 🇿🇲 Zambia | |
| 2 | Kafue National Park | 🇿🇲 Zambia | |
| 3 | Mana Pools National Park | 🇿🇼 Zimbabwe | |
| 4 | Gonarezhou National Park | 🇿🇼 Zimbabwe | |
| 5 | Akagera National Park | 🇷🇼 Rwanda | |
| 6 | Moremi Game Reserve | 🇧🇼 Botswana | |
| 7 | Kruger National Park | 🇿🇦 South Africa | |
| 8 | Liwonde National Park | 🇲🇼 Malawi | |
| 9 | Chobe National Park | 🇧🇼 Botswana | |
| 10 | iSimangaliso Wetland Park | 🇿🇦 South Africa | |
| 11 | Ngorongoro Conservation Area | 🇹🇿 Tanzania | |
| 12 | Lake Nakuru National Park | 🇰🇪 Kenya | |
| 13 | Serengeti National Park | 🇹🇿 Tanzania | |
| 14 | Lake Mburo National Park | 🇺🇬 Uganda | |
| 15 | Queen Elizabeth National Park | 🇺🇬 Uganda | |
| 16 | Masai Mara National Reserve | 🇰🇪 Kenya |
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Harare | 🇿🇼 Zimbabwe |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Gray-rumped Swallow sighting in Gonarezhou National Park on a given day, based on 10 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 180th most-seen of the 233 birds 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.
October
In that month about 20% of wildlife watchers report a Gray-rumped Swallow in Gonarezhou National Park on a given day, against under 5% in May and July, the lowest months. That is one of Gonarezhou National Park's driest months, with about 20 mm of rain against 150 mm in January. March–April, June and December–January have too few records to rate.
Between 8 and 11 am
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Gray-rumped 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.
Among the best
Of the 16 parks where we can rate Gray-rumped Swallow sightings, Gonarezhou National Park ranks 4th at about 10%, level with the leaders once rounded. The best odds are in Lower Zambezi National Park (Zambia, about 10%), Kafue National Park (Zambia, about 10%) and Mana Pools National Park (Zimbabwe, about 10%).
Same family: Hirundinidae
The closest relatives of the Gray-rumped Swallow that you can see in Gonarezhou National Park (family Hirundinidae, Swallows and Martins) are Wire-tailed Swallow (about 40%), Lesser Striped-Swallow (about 40%) and Mosque Swallow (about 30%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Gray-rumped Swallow is recorded against all the birds logged in Gonarezhou National Park (10 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.
