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This category is for articles related to birds which have adapted to live within the ecological niche of caves. Pages in category "Cave birds" The following 5 pages are in this category, out of 5 total.
Authentic bird's nest soup is made from the nests of the edible-nest swiftlet (or white-nest swiftlet), Aerodramus fuciphagus, and the black-nest swiftlet, Aerodramus maximus. Instead of incorporating twigs, feathers and straw like others in the genus, these two swiftlets make their nest only from strands of their gummy saliva, which harden ...
It is the only living species in the genus Steatornis, the family Steatornithidae, and the order Steatornithiformes. Nesting in colonies in caves, oilbirds are nocturnal feeders on the fruits of the oil palm and tropical laurels. They are the only nocturnal flying fruit-eating birds in the world (the kākāpō, also nocturnal, is flightless ...
Cave birds (5 P) Pages in category "Subterranean nesting birds" The following 12 pages are in this category, out of 12 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. B.
The cave swiftlet is highly gregarious and flies with all the other species of swift that are sympatric with it. It often circles and flies through the branches of trees emerging through the canopy such as fruiting figs. It breeds in the lighter parts of caves, building a nest of stringy vegetation and cementing the materials to the rock with ...
The cave swallow measures 12 to 14 cm in length and weighs 19 g on average. The largest of the five subspecies, P. f. pallida, has an average wing length between 107.0 and 112.3 mm; the smallest subspecies, P. f. aequatorialis, has an average wing length between 93.0 and 93.5 mm. Differences between the sexes are minimal, both are similar in size and weight and are difficult to distinguish ...
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The nesting sites can be vulnerable to predation by other cavity-nesting bird species, such as the house sparrow. [4] [5] These birds will search a number of swallow nests for the perfect place to make their own nest, destroying numerous eggs in the process. [4] Nests, especially those at the periphery of colonies, are vulnerable to snake ...