Neafrapus boehmi
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In 3 days ~50% in a week ~80%
Böhm's spinetail, also Bohm's spinetail or Boehm's spinetail, (Neafrapus boehmi), also known as the bat-like spinetail, is a species of swift in the family Apodidae. It is found in Angola, Botswana, DRC, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Somalia, South Africa, Tanzania, Zambia, and Zimbabwe. It occurs in the vicinity of Baobab trees and nests in cavities in the trees.
The name of this bird commemorates the German zoologist Richard Böhm. Böhm's spinetail - Species text in The Atlas of Southern African Birds. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lower Zambezi National Park | 🇿🇲 Zambia | |
| 2 | Mana Pools National Park | 🇿🇼 Zimbabwe | |
| 3 | Ruaha National Park | 🇹🇿 Tanzania | |
| 4 | Mikumi National Park | 🇹🇿 Tanzania | |
| 5 | Gonarezhou National Park | 🇿🇼 Zimbabwe | |
| 6 | South Luangwa National Park | 🇿🇲 Zambia | |
| 7 | Kruger National Park | 🇿🇦 South Africa |
Possible
About 20% of wildlife watchers report a Bat-like Spinetail sighting in Mana Pools National Park on a given day, based on 108 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 87th most-seen of the 275 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 and August–November
In those months about 30% of wildlife watchers report a Bat-like Spinetail in Mana Pools National Park on a given day, against about 10% in January and May, the lowest months. Those are among Mana Pools National Park's driest months, with about 15 mm of rain a month against 290 mm in January. March has too few records to rate.
Between 6 and 9 am
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Bat-like Spinetail sightings with a recorded time, and about 9 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
2nd of 7
Of the 7 parks where we can rate Bat-like Spinetail sightings, Mana Pools National Park ranks 2nd at about 20%. The best odds are in Lower Zambezi National Park (Zambia, about 30%).
Same family: Apodidae
The closest relatives of the Bat-like Spinetail that you can see in Mana Pools National Park (family Apodidae, Swifts) are African Palm-Swift (about 30%), Mottled Spinetail (about 10%) and Horus Swift (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Bat-like Spinetail is recorded against all the birds logged in Mana Pools National Park (108 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.
