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Aerodramus salangana
Basic stats
Diet
Flying insects
Habitat
Montane and hill forest caves
Range
Borneo and the wider Sundaic/Pacific region
Clutch size
2 eggs (typical for swiftlets)
Incubation period
About 22–25 days (typical for swiftlets)
Size
Small (12–13cm)
Wingspan
~11–12cm (wing chord)
Weight
~10–15g
A swiftlet building a nest incorporating moss and plant material bound with saliva, distinguishing its nesting habits from the purely saliva or feather-and-saliva nests of related species.
Feeds on flying insects in flocks, generally associated with montane and hill forest caves rather than the lowland cave systems favoured by some other swiftlets.
