What Animal Lives Where

Where has the White-collared Swift been recorded?

Streptoprocne zonaris occurrence evidence comes from 1,351 records in 18 countries and territories, from 1878 to 2026. Most records come from Colombia.

White-collared Swift
White-collared Swift — Photo (display-sized rendition): Charles J. Sharp · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
AvesApodiformesApodidaeStreptoprocne

Observation evidence passport

Evidence found

1,351 records across 18 countries and territories, 1878–2026.

Streptoprocne zonaris · GBIF taxon key 2477082

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: January.

12 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.

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When it is recorded

JFMAMJJASOND

Peak month: January. 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

18782026

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

Where White-collared Swift has been recorded

The countries below show where occurrence evidence exists for White-collared 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
Colombia 1,027
Mexico 142
Peru 33
Argentina 22
Brazil 20
Bolivia 18
Ecuador 18
Honduras 18
El Salvador 17
Costa Rica 11
Suriname 8
Guatemala 4
Panama 4
Dominican Republic 3
Venezuela 3
Cuba 1
Nicaragua 1
United States 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.