What make swiftlet bird different

Swiftlet birds is the wild birds, with many different types, such as Yen Mao, tiny tail bird ... They live in many countries in Southeast Asia. Swiftlet birds often live up to a large population, then pair and nest separately and often choose to live near the source of water (rivers, lakes, the sea) and feeding on the fields, low forest . Swiftlet birds can fly up to 300km. Normally, birds can fly about 20km from the nesting area to find food.

Swiftlet birds is the wild birds, with many different types, such as Yen Mao, tiny tail bird ... They live in many countries in Southeast Asia. Swiftlet birds often live up to a large population, then pair and nest separately and often choose to live near the source of water (rivers, lakes, the sea) and feeding on the fields, low forest . Swiftlet birds can fly up to 300km. Normally, birds can fly about 20km from the nesting area to find food.

In particular, Swiftlet bird is very sensitive to their living environment in order to ensure the safety of life and nest from the bad effects from nature, as well as from being harassed, threatened by predators: owl, snake, rats …. Swiftlet bird like hot climate, the ideal temperature (26-31C) and humidity (70-85%), when it is cold they must migrate. Therefore, small factors such as temperature, humidity, light, odor ... are also regularly adjusted for each season to make birds feel comfortable, habitat and nesting.

Moreover, the swiftlet bird have a very sensitive hearing, so the sound around them is very important, they will only nests in places where the conditions are ideal and feel safe. That is why in the bird house must be always closely control the factors affecting the habitat and nest.
 

FOOD SOURCE AREA

Whether island or house bird, they have in common characteristic that will fly and feed from rich source of food on mainland. The birds usually fly 20km radius around nesting place to look for food and catch flying insect less than 30m away from the ground. If the birds live on the island, early in the morning they have to fly 10-15 km to mainland to find areas rich in food. The bird’s food consists mainly of flying insects such as brown backed hoppers, green leafhoppers, flaps, locusts, small dragonflies, etc., so birds will usually feed in areas as rice fields, fruit trees, and low forest. Based on the bird’s food, it can be seen that there is no competition with other species and the development of swiftlet bird will contribute to the protection of the crop, balance the ecological cycle.  During breeding season, the bird's feeding area will be close to nest house, which will allow the bird to fly multiple times to feed the baby.

TIME SEEKING FOR FOOD

Depending on the season, it is possible to see the appearance of birds and feeding time in each certain areas is different. For birds that do not raise baby, they leave their nests for food from morning till evening to rest. When mating and breeding season, the bird occasionally come back at noon to nest. The pair that incubating will take turn to find food. The pair raising the baby will return to the nest multiple time, more or less depending on the growth phase of the baby (large birds require more food during day).