๐Ÿพ What Animal Lives Where

Where does the Asian Palm-Swift live?

Cypsiurus balasiensis has 434,905 records in 18 countries and territories, from 1868 to 2026. Most records come from India.

Asian Palm-Swift
Asian Palm-Swift โ€” Photo: Dr. Raju Kasambe ยท CC BY-SA 4.0 ยท Wikimedia Commons
AnimaliaChordataAvesApodiformesApodidaeCypsiurus

When it is recorded

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Peak month: February. 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 318,814
Thailand 54,596
Sri Lanka 21,205
Cambodia 13,206
Bangladesh 8,822
Vietnam 3,117
Laos 3,081
Myanmar 2,443
Malaysia 2,257
China 2,186
Philippines 1,898
Indonesia 1,326
Singapore 821
Bhutan 576
Nepal 492
Brunei 55
Uganda 8
Pakistan 2

Related animals

Others in the family Apodidae.

Common Swift
Common Swift
3,081,538 records
Little Swift
Little Swift
535,342 records
Vaux's Swift
Vaux's Swift
426,681 records
White-collared Swift
White-collared Swift
332,364 records
African Palm-Swift
African Palm-Swift
287,770 records
Alpine Swift
Alpine Swift
271,014 records
House Swift
House Swift
264,910 records
Pallid Swift
Pallid Swift
220,055 records
Status from the records: resident
Recorded across many years and months โ€” an established presence. This is inferred from how many years and months the animal appears in, not from a range map โ€” treat it as evidence, not a formal assessment.