Plume-toed Swiftlet
Plume-toed SwiftletPlume-toed SwiftletPlume-toed SwiftletPlume-toed Swiftlet

Plume-toed Swiftlet

Collocalia affinis

<5% · Rare
overall probability at Khao Sok National Park
10 Verified records at Khao Sok National Park
February Best month highest sighting rate
🌅 Crepuscular When it's active at dawn and dusk

The plume-toed swiftlet (Collocalia affinis) is a small bird in the swift family Apodidae. It is found on some eastern Indian Ocean islands, the Malay Peninsula, Sumatra, and lowland Borneo. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests. It was previously considered a subspecies of the glossy swiftlet. Wikipedia →

<5% of wildlife watchers report a Plume-toed Swiftlet sighting in Khao Sok National Park, based on 10 days of visitor records from GBIF citizen-science data.

Closest Relatives at Khao Sok National Park

White-nest Swiftlet
LC

White-nest Swiftlet

🌅 Crepuscular Bird

Aerodramus fuciphagus

40–50% · Likely
Silver-rumped Needletail
LC

Silver-rumped Needletail

🌅 Crepuscular Bird

Rhaphidura leucopygialis

10–20% · With luck
Asian Palm-Swift
LC

Asian Palm-Swift

🌅 Crepuscular Bird

Cypsiurus balasiensis

10–20% · With luck
Pacific Swift
LC

Pacific Swift

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Apus pacificus

10–20% · With luck
House Swift
LC Endemic

House Swift

🌅 Crepuscular Bird

Apus nipalensis

<5% · Rare
Brown-backed Needletail
LC

Brown-backed Needletail

🌅 Crepuscular Bird

Hirundapus giganteus

<5% · Rare
Cook's Swift

Cook's Swift

Bird

Apus cooki

<5% · Rare
Whiskered Treeswift
LC

Whiskered Treeswift

🌅 Crepuscular Bird

Hemiprocne comata

10–20% · With luck
Gray-rumped Treeswift
LC

Gray-rumped Treeswift

🌅 Crepuscular Bird

Hemiprocne longipennis

5–10% · With luck

📅 Monthly Probability

<5
Jan
5–10
Feb
<5
Mar
<5
Apr
<5
May
<5
Jun
<5
Jul
<5
Aug
<5
Sep
<5
Oct
<5
Nov
<5
Dec

🌅 When They're Spotted

Most active at dawn and dusk · across all parks (global)

🌅Crepuscular
☀️🌙🌙12am6am12pm6pm12am

Global Distribution

Where this species is recorded worldwide. Restricted to human observations from 2019 onwards — the same kind of record and the same period the probabilities on this page are built from, so collar-tracking studies, camera-trap arrays and museum specimens are excluded. Around Santa Rosa that removes 5,924 GPS fixes from a handful of tagged jaguars.

where this species is recorded (GBIF density — it tracks where observers go, not how likely a sighting is)  ·  parks where it occurs — tap a pin for the sighting probability there

Parks Where Found

# Park Country Probability
1 Way Kambas National Park 🇮🇩 Indonesia
40–50%
2 Kinabalu Park 🇲🇾 Malaysia
40–50%
3 Danum Valley Conservation Area 🇲🇾 Malaysia
30–40%
4 Kerinci Seblat National Park 🇮🇩 Indonesia
30–40%
5 Kinabatangan Wildlife Sanctuary 🇲🇾 Malaysia
30–40%
6 Khao Luang National Park 🇹🇭 Thailand
<5%
7 Khao Sok National Park 🇹🇭 Thailand
<5%

Quick answers

What are the chances of seeing a Plume-toed Swiftlet in Khao Sok National Park?

About 1% of wildlife watchers report a Plume-toed Swiftlet sighting in Khao Sok National Park, based on 10 days of visitor records from GBIF citizen-science data.

When is the best time to see Plume-toed Swiftlet in Khao Sok National Park?

February has the highest sighting rate for Plume-toed Swiftlet in Khao Sok National Park in our monthly data.

← Back to Khao Sok National Park