Swiftlet

Here are some information about House Swiftlet

- A. Fuciphagus
- Able to fly ~ 50KM a day
- Having superb memories
- Leave their roosting place around 5.30 am – 6.30 am
- Return around 12 noon to feed their baby or take turns to hatch their eggs
- Pairing is permanent
- Both partners participate in the nest building process
- Building the nest in the night time.


Bird Nest building and breeding cycle

- Swiflet takes average 30-45 days to build a nest ( 11/2 – 2 months)
- Female swiflet will take 3-7 days to lay the egg (usually 2 eggs with max 2 days interval of the egg)
- 3-4 weeks of hatching process (average 2 weeks)
- Baby swiflets will take about 45-60 days to be fly away
- Once the baby start to fly away, egg will lay eggs again within 10 days.
- Total breeding cycle about 4 months (120 days), normally will have 3 breeding cycle a year.