Black-nest swiftlet

The black-nest swiftlet (Aerodramus maximus) is a species of swift in the family Apodidae. It is found in Brunei, Indonesia, Malaysia, Myanmar, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, and Vietnam. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest and subtropical or tropical moist montane forest.

Black-nest swiftlet
at Upper Peirce Reservoir, Singapore
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Clade:	Strisores
Order:	Apodiformes
Family:	Apodidae
Genus:	Aerodramus
Species:	A. maximus
Binomial name
Aerodramus maximus (Hume, 1878)
Synonyms
Collocalia maxima

Its saliva is one of the main sources of edible nests for bird's nest soup.