GERMAIN'S SWIFTLET

Photographed at Arey Ksat, Cambodia, November 2023

 1321                      GERMAIN'S SWIFLET              Aerogramms germani

CAMBODIA                    13

Over open areas, sometimes over forests, offshore islets, up to 1,300 m, mostly lowlands. Resident N Borneo, S Philippines. In SE Asia: locally common to common resident S Myanmar, Tenasserim, W &C & S Thailand, Peninsular Malaysia, Singapore, Cambodia, Vietnam, uncertain in Laos.

EDIBLE-NEST SWIFTLET

Photographed in Ubud, Bali October 2016

(830)              EDIBLE-NEST SWIFTLET           Aerodromes fuciphagus

INDONESIA (Bali)         (41)        

Found in open country, especially near the coast and on off-shore islands. 13 cms. Range: Southeast Asia; a locally common resident throughout the Sundra subregion and parts of Nusa Tenggars.

NOTE:  feeds on the wing; perches at nest deep in limestone caves; navigates in total darkness by audible translational rattle; builds nest which is unique translucent cup, collected and traded commercially by locals for consumption.

AUSTRALIAN SWIFTLET

Photographed over Portland road, Iron range, Queensland October 2015

694              AUSTRALIAN SWIFTLET             Collocalia spodiopygius

Australia         (536)

Used to be called White-rumped Swiftlet, also known as Grey Swiftlet. 11-12 cm. Found in airspace over rainforest, cleared lands, beaches, gorges; breeds in isolated caves, cavities between boulders on coastal islands, mountain gorges, hills. Range: coastal ne. Q, continental islands, highland areas to over 1000 m; from Claudie R., s. to Finch Hatton Gorge-Eungella NP, near Mackay. Common below 500 m. Sedentary. Casual se Q, ne NSW, SA.