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| Glossy Swiftlet Collocalia esculenta
- Gathering nesting material |
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| Photographer : | © Lip Kee Yap |
| Location : | Nusa Dua, Bali, Indonesia |
| Date : |
1 August 2010 |
| 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 : | I was holidaying in Bali recently and saw these Glossy Swiftlets swooping down on the straw roof of the hotel lights picking up nesting material. - LKY |
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