Parasitic Swallows

stanford.edu Cowbirds laying eggs in the nests of other species exemplify avian brood parasitism. Some solitary breeding birds (especially waterfowl) occasionally parasitize their own species, producing abnormally large clutches, and cooperative breeders often have strategies for getting other members of the group to incubate their eggs. Such parasitization of conspecifics had been thought to occur […]

Studying the mystery of migration


Cyprus Mail, Cyprus – Sep 30, 2014
By Jane Stylianou

The amazing movement of birds around the globe has fascinated people for centuries

BIRD MIGRATION has fascinated people for centuries. No humans can equal the movements of some birds on migration. For example, no human population moves each year as far as the Arctic Tern (Sterna paradisaea) which breeds in the Arctic and winters in the Antarctic, travelling between the poles twice a year.
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Nest delicacy birds successfully incubated

www.thanhniennews.com An indoor Salangane or edible-nest swiftlet raising pilot has shown promise recently in south-central Vietnam where local residents earned their living from selling the lucrative nests as an edible delicacy. Young edible-nest swiftlets The Khanh Hoa Salagane Nest Company has successfully incubated and raised indoor Salangane whose nests serve as a valuable dish in […]

Guam Swiftlet – BirdLife Species Factsheet

birdlife.org (as evaluated by BirdLife International – the official Red List Authority for birds for IUCN): Endangered Justification This species qualifies as Endangered because it has apparently undergone a rapid decline owing to pesticide-use and predation by the introduced brown tree snake on one island, although the reasons on other islands are unclear. However, earlier […]

Swiftlet Bird Nests Harvest in East Kalimantan

worldwildlife.org Based on an interview with Ruwindiyarto (Telapak) The modern history of swiftlet bird nests harvest in East Kalimantan started in the 1940s. The communities had harvested the bird nests in the areas of Telang Teba and Sungai Peta then. Some community groups believed that several clans had inherited rights to manage the bird nests […]

Residents say no to swiftlet farm on top floor

The Star Online – Sep 05 8:42 PM By RASLAN BAHAROM RENOVATION work purportedly for a swiftlet farm atop a five-storey block of low-cost flats in Kampung Boyan, Taiping, has irked the residents.  They fear that the building may collapse and that the bird droppings may be hazardous to their health.  “The renovation work started about a […]