swiftlet

A small kind of swift; a member of the genus Collocalia; a salangane. See cut under Collocalia.

Any one of numerous species of small East Indian and Asiatic swifts of the genus Collocalia. Some of the species are noted for furnishing the edible bird’s nest. See Illust. under edible.

Any of various tropical and subtropical birds of the four genera Aerodramus, Hydrochous, Schoutedenapus, and Collocalia in the swift family, many of which can navigate in darkness using echolocation.

swift of eastern Asia; produces the edible bird’s nest