Edible-nest Swiftlet
A species of Echolocating Swiftlets Scientific name : Aerodramus fuciphagus Genus : Echolocating Swiftlets
Edible-nest Swiftlet, A species of Echolocating Swiftlets
Botanical name: Aerodramus fuciphagus
Genus: Echolocating Swiftlets
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Description General Info
Photo By Dubi Shapiro 
Description
The edible-nest swiftlet generally measures 14cm (5.5. in). The upper part of the body is blackish-brown; the under part of the body ranges in color from white to blackish-brown. The tail has a slight notch. It weighs 15 to 18 grams and the wings are long and narrow. The bill and feet are black. The subspecies A. f. micans is paler and greyer while A. f. vestitus is darker with a rump that is less obviously paler. At breeding colonies, the bird emits high-pitched and burbling calls. They also emit a rattling call used for echolocation. 
Size
12 cm
Feeding Habits
Edible-nest Swiftlet primarily consumes flying insects like Hymenoptera, Ephemeroptera, Homoptera, and Diptera. Edible-nest Swiftlet forages at a mean height of 57.5m and is especially active at dawn and dusk in large, mixed-species flocks.
Habitat
The edible-nest Swiftlet is found in a variety of environments, including both cleared and forested areas. It inhabits coastal regions as well as the interior landscapes extending to offshore islands. This bird is also known to frequent open seas, illustrating its adaptability to diverse ecological conditions spanning broad geographical regions.
Dite type
Insectivorous
General Info
Behavior
The edible-nest swiftlet feeds over a range of habitats from coastal areas to the mountains, occurring up to 2,800 metres above sea-level on Sumatra and Borneo. Its diet consists of flying insects which are caught on the wing. It often feeds in large flocks with other species of swiftlet and swallow. It breeds in colonies in caves, in a cleft in a cliff or sometimes on a building. The bracket-shaped nest is white and translucent and is made of layers of hardened saliva attached to the rock. It measures about 6 cm across with a depth of 1.5 cm and a weight of about 14 grams. Two white, oval, non-glossy eggs are laid.
Distribution Area
There are six subspecies of the edible-nest swiftlet: A. f. fuciphagus – The nominate subspecies found in Java, Bali and the western Lesser Sunda Islands A. f. inexpectatus – Andaman and Nicobar Islands, vagrant to Burma A. f. dammermani – Flores, known from only a single specimen A. f. micans – eastern Lesser Sundas (Sumba, Savu and Timor) A. f. vestitus – Sumatra and Borneo, sometimes considered to be a separate species, the brown-rumped swiftlet, Aerodramus vestitus (Lesson, 1843). A. f. perplexus – Maratua Archipelago off eastern Borneo German's swiftlet (Aerodramus germani), with two subspecies germani and amechanus, was formerly considered to be conspecific with the edible-nest swiftlet, but is now often considered to be a separate species. It occurs in the Malay Peninsula, central Thailand, coastal Vietnam and Cambodia, Hainan, northern Borneo and parts of the Philippines.
Photo By Dubi Shapiro 
Scientific Classification
Phylum
Chordates Class
Birds Order
Swifts and hummingbirds Family
Swifts Genus
Echolocating Swiftlets Species
Edible-nest Swiftlet 
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