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| Edible-nest Swiftlet Aerodramus fuciphagus vestitus
- Nest with egg and chick |
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| Photographer : | © Lim Chan Koon |
| Location : | Lubang Beruang, middle Baram, Sarawak, Malaysia |
| Date : |
September 1997 |
| English synonyms: | Common Edible-nest Swiftlet, Brown-rumped Swiftlet (vestita), Thunberg's Swiftlet, Hume's Swiftlet, White-nest Swiftlet, Grey-rumped Swiftlet, Gray-rumped Swiftlet, Grey Swiftlet, Andaman Grey-rumped Swiftlet (inexpectatus), Andaman Gray-rumped Swiftlet (inexpectatus) |
| Bird Family : | Apodidae - Swifts, Swiftlets & Needletails |
| Bird Group : | APODIFORMES |
| Red Data Status : | Least Concern |
| Remarks : | The interval between laying is about 3 days, but the parent will start to incubate as soon as the first egg is laid. This results in the different hatching dates for the eggs. You can also see in these photos of the Edible(White)-nest Swiftlets that the nest is made entirely of salivary nest cement with only a few feathers incorporated. - LCK |
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