Report on the Preliminary Research in Sarawak, Malaysia [Motoko Fujita]

Report on the Preliminary Research in Sarawak, Malaysia Motoko Fujita(CSEAS, Kyoto University)  Among the information I collected during this field trip, I discovered two facts about swiftlets that were particularly fascinating. One concerns the ecology of the bird and the other concerns human interaction with swiftlets that I witnessed during my stay. Two species of swiftlet produce edible birds’ nests, which is known as Chinese delicacy: the Edible-nest Swiftlet (Aerodramus fuciphagus hereinafter referred as to A.fuciphagus) and the Black-nest Swiftlet (Aerodramus maximus, hereinafter referred as to A.maximus)In general, A.fuciphagus lives close to coastlines and dwells in bird farm houses*, in which people try to attract birds to make nests. A.maximus […]

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