The black-nest swiftlet (''Aerodramus maximus'') is a species of
swift in the family
Apodidae. It is found in
Brunei,
Indonesia,
Malaysia,
Myanmar
Myanmar, ; UK pronunciations: US pronunciations incl. . Note: Wikipedia's IPA conventions require indicating /r/ even in British English although only some British English speakers pronounce r at the end of syllables. As John C. Wells, Joh ...
, the
Philippines,
Singapore,
Thailand, and
Vietnam. Its natural
habitats are
subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest
Tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests (TSMF), also known as tropical moist forest, is a subtropical and tropical forest habitat type defined by the World Wide Fund for Nature.
Description
TSMF is generally found in large, discont ...
and subtropical or tropical moist
montane forest.
It is one of the main sources of edible nests for
bird's nest soup.
References
black-nest swiftlet
Birds of Southeast Asia
black-nest swiftlet
Taxonomy articles created by Polbot
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