What Animal Lives Where

Where has the House Swift been recorded?

Apus nipalensis occurrence evidence comes from 50 records in 14 countries and territories, from 1893 to 2026. Most records come from Hong Kong.

House Swift
House Swift — Photo (display-sized rendition): Prasan Shrestha · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
AvesApodiformesApodidaeApus

Observation evidence passport

Evidence found

50 records across 14 countries and territories, 1893–2026.

Apus nipalensis · GBIF taxon key 5228679

Source coverage

CC0 GBIF Animalia occurrence facets, including country, month and year summaries.

Refreshed 2026-08-23. Inspect the taxon on GBIF.

What this means

The species has been recorded in the listed places in the stated source universe. Peak month: April.

8 months reach at least 10% of the peak facet count.

What this does not mean

repeated describes the record pattern, not a formal range, residency, abundance or conservation assessment.

A single record remains evidence of a recording, not proof that a population lives there.

Compare this animal’s observation pattern

When it is recorded

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Peak month: April. 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.

Records over time

18932026

Recording effort has risen steeply almost everywhere since the 1990s, so a rising line usually shows more observers rather than more animals.

Where House Swift has been recorded

The countries below show where occurrence evidence exists for House Swift. They do not define a complete habitat range: survey effort differs by place, and historical or one-off records can appear alongside repeated presence.

PlaceRecordsShare
Hong Kong 10
Bangladesh 5
China 5
India 5
Malaysia 5
Thailand 4
Taiwan 4
Singapore 3
Indonesia 2
Nepal 2
Vietnam 2
Canada 1
Mongolia 1
Philippines 1

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Record pattern: repeated
Repeated records across many years and months. 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.