| 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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| The nests belong to a species of swiftlet, Collocalia whiteheadi, which is found in the Philippines and New Guinea. |
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| Getting started in swiftlet farming requires what is, for this part of the world, a significant amount of money. |
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| The starling has survived on a small island, Cocos, off the south coast of Guam, and the swiftlet still nests on the high walls of a cave. |
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| The bird — called, appropriately enough, the edible-nest swiftlet — makes its nest by regurgitating long strands of sticky saliva onto the wall of a cave or house, as the case may be. |
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| But on the roads around Sukadana, potential health concerns seemed secondary, and swiftlet house owners seemed more concerned with the flightiness of the birds themselves. |
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| This edible nest is made from the saliva of a bird called the white-nest swiftlet. |
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| For centuries, traditional Chinese doctors have been using swiftlet nests to cure various ailments, raise libido and rejuvenate skin. |
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| Bird's nest soup is made from the nest of the tiny swiftlet. |
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| Take bird's nest soup, made from the nests of the cave swiftlet. |
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| Elsewhere, the Glossy Swiftlet has also been identified as a canopy-subcanopy foraging species. |
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| Breeding biology of the Mountain Swiftlet Aerodramus hirundinaceus in Irian Jaya. |
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