How To Use Swiftlet In A Sentence
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Other birds include: the endemic Seychelles bulbul Hypsipetes crassirostris, blue pigeon Alectroenas pulcherrima, Seychelles sunbird Nectarinia dussamieri, Seychelles kestrel Falco araea and an endemic cave-nesting swiftlet Collocalia francica elaphra.
Vallée de Mai Nature Reserve, Seychelles
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Some kind of swiftlet, presumably Himalayan.
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Echolocation - the trick of emitting sound pulses and navigating by accurate timing of the echoes - has evolved at least four times: in bats, toothed whales, oilbirds and cave swiftlets.
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Because of this, swiftlet numbers are in decline.
Times, Sunday Times
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The villagers could not explain why scaffolding was required to collect bird droppings from the floor of the cave, and they were not aware of the swiftlets and their unique saliva nests.
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Other birds include: the endemic Seychelles bulbul Hypsipetes crassirostris, blue pigeon Alectroenas pulcherrima, Seychelles sunbird Nectarinia dussamieri, Seychelles kestrel Falco araea and an endemic cave-nesting swiftlet Collocalia francica elaphra.
Vallée de Mai Nature Reserve, Seychelles
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Instead of twigs and straw, the swiftlet makes its nest from strands of gummy saliva, which harden when exposed to air.
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But the cave walls are encased with highly prized swiftlet nests, used in bird's-nest soup.
The Sun
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Two were doves, two were swiftlets, one was a honeyeater, one was a white-eye.
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The edible nests of swiftlets are used in bird's-nest soup, a delicacy in some countries.
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Echolocation - the trick of emitting sound pulses and navigating by accurate timing of the echoes - has evolved at least four times: in bats, toothed whales, oilbirds and cave swiftlets.
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Across town, dozens of new buildings are going up with one aim in mind: to attract as many nest-building swiftlets as possible and reap the rewards.
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The nests belong to a species of swiftlet, Collocalia whiteheadi, which is found in the Philippines and New Guinea.
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A 2-year-old, but still extremely interesting (as well as disturbing), article from the Associated Press notes that increased demand and soaring prices (as much as $58.00 per bowl) have led to overharvest of swiftlet nests, and thus declines in populations, in Southeast Asia. posted by John L. Trapp at
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