Black-nest swiftlet

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Black-nest swiftlet
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at Upper Peirce Reservoir, Singapore
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Clade: Strisores
Order: Apodiformes
Family: Apodidae
Genus: Aerodramus
Species:
A. maximus
Binomial name
Aerodramus maximus
(Hume, 1878)
Synonyms

Collocalia maxima

The black-nest swiftlet (Aerodramus maximus) is a species of swift in the family Apodidae. It is found in Brunei, Indonesia, Malaysia, Myanmar, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, and Vietnam. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest and subtropical or tropical moist montane forest.

Its saliva is one of the main sources of edible nests for bird's nest soup.

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References

  1. BirdLife International (2016). "Aerodramus maximus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2016: e.T22686610A93118331. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22686610A93118331.en . Retrieved 11 November 2021.