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Where does the Little Swift live?

Apus affinis has 535,342 records in 105 countries and territories, from 1866 to 2026. Most records come from India.

Little Swift
Little Swift — Derek Keats / CC BY 2.0 · source
AnimaliaChordataAvesApodiformesApodidaeApus

When it is recorded

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Peak month: November. Records cluster in the months an animal is present and being looked for, so a summer peak can reflect observer effort as much as the animal.

Where it is recorded

PlaceRecordsShare
India 228,098
South Africa 184,145
Kenya 27,653
Sri Lanka 12,718
Namibia 11,407
Tanzania 9,233
Nigeria 6,116
Ghana 5,964
Morocco 5,723
Uganda 5,344
Zimbabwe 4,150
Spain 3,777
Gambia 3,525
Israel 2,988
Senegal 2,532
Pakistan 2,122
Eswatini 1,538
Mozambique 1,464
Zambia 1,350
Cameroon 1,123
Rwanda 1,120
Türkiye 1,027
Botswana 979
Saudi Arabia 928
São Tomé & Príncipe 868
Gabon 757
Angola 612
DR Congo 512
Equatorial Guinea 458
Malawi 422
Ethiopia 400
Côte d'Ivoire 398
Guinea-Bissau 388
Palestine 383
Liberia 322
Madagascar 296
Burkina Faso 293
Benin 283
Congo 253
Lesotho 251

Showing the top 40 of 105 places.

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Others in the family Apodidae.

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African Palm-Swift
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Alpine Swift
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Pallid Swift
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Status from the records: resident
Recorded across many years and months — an established presence. This is inferred from how many years and months the animal appears in, not from a range map — treat it as evidence, not a formal assessment.