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title: "Eetbaar-nestsalangaan"
description: "Aerodramus fuciphagus — Vogels. The edible-nest swiftlet (Aerodramus fuciphagus), also known as the white-nest swiftlet, is a small bird of the swift family which is found in Southeast Asia."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/nl/animal/white-nest-swiftlet
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Eetbaar-nestsalangaan

> Aerodramus fuciphagus — Vogels. The edible-nest swiftlet (Aerodramus fuciphagus), also known as the white-nest swiftlet, is a small bird of the swift family which is found in Southeast Asia.

- Scientific name: *Aerodramus fuciphagus*
- Category: `birds` (Vogels)
- Habitats: unknown
- iNaturalist observations: 1468
- Wikidata: [Q31801](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q31801)
- iNaturalist taxon: [144631](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/144631)

## Names

- en: White-nest Swiftlet
- de: Weißnestsalangane
- es: Salangana nidoblanco
- fr: Salangane à nid blanc
- nl: Eetbaar-nestsalangaan
- pt: Andorinhão-de-ninho-comestível
- pl: Salangana sundajska

## Countries with the most observations

TH (451), VN (132), KH (70), ID (25), MY (20), TL (20), IN (17), CN (16), SG (8), MM (4)

## Summary

The edible-nest swiftlet (Aerodramus fuciphagus), also known as the white-nest swiftlet, is a small bird of the swift family which is found in Southeast Asia. Its opaque and whitish nest is made exclusively of solidified saliva and is the main ingredient of bird's nest soup, a delicacy of Chinese cuisine. Germain's swiftlet (Aerodramus germani) is now treated as conspecific with this species.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edible-nest_swiftlet

## Photo

![Eetbaar-nestsalangaan](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/white-nest-swiftlet/medium.jpg)

Photo: Andrew Holle · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/347697881

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/white-nest-swiftlet?lang=nl` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).