Glossy Swiftlet

Collocalia esculenta

Description

Collocalia esculenta has bluish black hair with a glossy color. The lower coat is dark gray and the belly is slightly white. The smallest type of swallow, its body length is only about 10 cm. Its eyes are dark brown with a black beak. His voice was high pitched.

Population Size

Unknown

Life Span

-

WEIGHT​

-

LENGTH

10 cm

Di

Diurnal

In

Insectivorest

Classification

KINGDOM

:

Animalia

PHYLUM

:

Chordata

CLASS

:

Aves

ORDER

:

Apodiformes

FAMILY

:

Apodidae

GENUS

:

Collocalia

SPECIES

:

Collocalia esculenta

Distribution

The habitat of Collocalia esculenta covers all elevations, both in open tree grasslands and forests.

Geography

Continent : Asia

Country : Himalayas, China, Southeast Asia: Indonesia (Java and Bali), New Guinea and Australia

Habits and Lifestyle

Collocalia esculenta flies in groups, irregularly. This swallow is not strong enough to fly far. Usually low-flying only circulates near the ground or river to bathe and drink. When looking for food, often go around large and tall trees with lots of insects, especially small wasps.

Lifestyle

Colony

Biome

Open forest

Climate Zone

Tropical

Diet and Nutrition

Collocalia esculenta usually feeds on small, flying insects such as wasps.

Diet : Insektivora

Mating Habits

The nests are irregularly shaped, consisting of a mixture of moss and grass glued together with their saliva, placed in light caves, rock gaps, or building corners. Usually only 2 eggs lay. The eggs are white and slightly oval. Nesting does not depend on the breeding season so it can nest all year round.

Reproduction session : all year

Incubation periods: –

Independent age : –

Baby name : –

Baby carrying : 2 eggs

Population

Population status : Least Concern (LC)

NE

DD

LC

NT

VU

EN

CR

EW

EX

Population number​

Collocalia esculenta is widespread throughout its home range, so it is evaluated as least concern on the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species.

PHOTO GALLERY

Reference

  1. MacKinnon, J. 1991 . Fields Guide to the Birds Of Java and Bali. Gadjah Mada University Press. Yogyakarta.
  2. Walet Sapi on Wikipedia article 
  3. Collocalia esculenta on Red List IUCN site