Black-nest Swiftlet
| Black-nest Swiftlet | |
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| Black-nest Swiftlet at Upper Peirce Reservoir,Singapore | |
| Conservation status | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Apodiformes |
| Family: | Apodidae |
| Genus: | Aerodramus |
| Species: | A. maximus |
| Binomial name | |
| Aerodramus maximus Hume, 1878 | |
| Synonyms | |
Collocalia maxima
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The Black-nest Swiftlet (Aerodramus maxima) is a species of swift in the Apodidae family. It is found in Brunei, Indonesia, Malaysia, Myanmar, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, and Vietnam. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and subtropical or tropical moist montane forests.
It is one of the main sources of edible nests for bird's nest soup.
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