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| Glossy Swiftlet Collocalia esculenta cyanoptila
- Nesting material |
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| Photographer : | © Amar-Singh HSS |
| Location : | fringe of primary forest, Kledang-Sayong Forest Reserve, Ipoh, Perak, Malaysia |
| Date : |
4 March 2021 |
| English synonyms: | White-bellied Swiftlet (affinis), Beavan's Swiftlet, Grey-rumped Swiftlet (septentrionalis, marginata), Gray-rumped Swiftlet (septentrionalis, marginata), Philippine Swiftlet, Plume-toed Swiftlet (affinis, elachyptera, vanderbilti, oberholseri, cyanoptila), Christmas Island Swiftlet (natalis), Ridgetop Swiftlet (isonota, bagobo), Tenggara Swiftlet (sumbawae, sumbae), Drab Swiftlet (neglecta, perneglecta) |
| Bird Family : | Apodidae - Swifts, Swiftlets & Needletails |
| Bird Group : | APODIFORMES |
| Red Data Status : | Least Concern |
| Remarks : | Saw these Swiftlets collecting nesting material from the Miscanthus (Silvergrass) flowering heads. Sadly, I was not able to get any useful images.
Previous observation on nesting material:
1. Twice seen collecting strands from creepers
2. Once collecting fibre from Livistona chinensis palms
3. Three times stealing material from Baya Weaver nests (published)
4. Once harvesting aerial roots from epiphytes plants growing on trees.
5. Once collecting the bark of an Albizia saman (Rain Tree) - stripping off strands of bark.
6. Once collecting the ‘leaves’ of a Casuarina tree (possibly the Casuarina equisetifolia)
7. Once collecting fine roots of tree orchids
8. Leaves of the Geijera parviflora (introduced Australian Willow, also known as Wilga)
9. A number of episodes of birds collecting dried bracken leaves (Dicranopteris linearis) – this is the commonest nesting material I have seen collected.
- Amar |
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