Plume-toed Swiftlet
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Plume-toed Swiftlet

Collocalia affinis

40–50% · Likely
overall probability at Kinabalu Park
1,022 Verified records at Kinabalu Park
March 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 →

40–50% of wildlife watchers report a Plume-toed Swiftlet sighting in Kinabalu Park, based on 1,022 days of visitor records from GBIF citizen-science data.

Closest Relatives at Kinabalu Park

Bornean Swiftlet

Bornean Swiftlet

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Collocalia dodgei

Insufficient data
Silver-rumped Needletail
LC

Silver-rumped Needletail

🌅 Crepuscular Bird

Rhaphidura leucopygialis

<5% · Rare
House Swift
LC Endemic

House Swift

🌅 Crepuscular Bird

Apus nipalensis

<5% · Rare
Waterfall Swift
LC

Waterfall Swift

Bird

Hydrochous gigas

<5% · Rare
White-nest Swiftlet
LC

White-nest Swiftlet

🌅 Crepuscular Bird

Aerodramus fuciphagus

<5% · Rare
Asian Palm-Swift
LC

Asian Palm-Swift

🌅 Crepuscular Bird

Cypsiurus balasiensis

<5% · Rare
Brown-backed Needletail
LC

Brown-backed Needletail

🌅 Crepuscular Bird

Hirundapus giganteus

<5% · Rare
White-throated Needletail
LC

White-throated Needletail

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Hirundapus caudacutus

<5% · Rare
Pacific Swift
LC

Pacific Swift

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Apus pacificus

Insufficient data
Black-nest Swiftlet
LC

Black-nest Swiftlet

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Aerodramus maximus

Insufficient data
Gray-rumped Treeswift
LC

Gray-rumped Treeswift

🌅 Crepuscular Bird

Hemiprocne longipennis

<5% · Rare
Whiskered Treeswift
LC

Whiskered Treeswift

🌅 Crepuscular Bird

Hemiprocne comata

Insufficient data

📅 Monthly Probability

40–50
Jan
40–50
Feb
50–60
Mar
40–50
Apr
30–40
May
40–50
Jun
40–50
Jul
50–60
Aug
40–50
Sep
50–60
Oct
30–40
Nov
50–60
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 Kinabalu Park?

About 46% of wildlife watchers report a Plume-toed Swiftlet sighting in Kinabalu Park, based on 1,022 days of visitor records from GBIF citizen-science data.

When is the best time to see Plume-toed Swiftlet in Kinabalu Park?

March has the highest sighting rate for Plume-toed Swiftlet in Kinabalu Park in our monthly data.

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