Swiftlet Diet! What they eat???

Swiflet eat fyling insects (beetles, mosquitoes, ants, wasps, bees, flies). To do that, they cruise in the sky with their small bills opened, revealing their wide gaping mouths, in which insects are caught in the pouch under the tongue. They compress all insect into boluses and the regurgitate them to feed their young ones inside their nest.

Swiftlet or swallows???

swallows (Hirundinidae), sparrows (Passeride) and house swifts (Apus Affinis; distinguished by white rumps - burung layang-layang) are not related to swifltlet (burung walit) at all. Swiftlet are from the Apodidae family. There are 24 species of swifllet recorded in the world. In Malaysia you can found about 5 species namely: H.Gigas, C.Esculent, C.Balasiensis, A. Fuciphagus and A. Maximus.

Swiftlets have very short legs and never settle on the ground, perching vertically on surfaces like cave walls or nesting planks where they build their nests.

There are 2 variety of swiflets.

1. Aerodramus - Echolating swiftlet
2. Collocalia - Non Echolating swiftlet

Swiftlet inhabit Southeast Asia, India sub continental dan Southern China (Hainan Island & Szechuan). The A.Fuciphagus si not found in China. Swiftlet are cave-dwelling birds and live in mountain or coastal cave, open areas and towns.

Swiftlet - Series of Short Story

Starting next week we will post some information about swiftlet and you can gain or grab some info about swiftlet farming and how this bird nest can turn you into millionaire in 3 years!!!

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