Bird's nest is a delicacy found in Chinese-speaking countries across Asia. It's made from the hardened saliva of a swiftlet and can fetch up to S$3,500 ($2,600 USD) per kilogram. Swiftlet farms ...

Swiftlets are protected under the Wildlife Conservation Enactment of 1997, and their nests can only be harvested twice a year. In Southeast Asia, raising these birds for their nests is a lucrative ...

When it comes to home-building, some birds put even the finest architects to shame. Their nests are not just shelters but ...

Up there on the weirdest-things-you-can-eat list has to be bird's nest soup. ... swiftlet nests can sell for more than $1,200 per pound and fuel a multi-million dollar trade that can rival the ...

In Thailand's southern Trang province, a company called Satun Trang Bird's Nest recently obtained a five-year concession on swiftlet nests. Fishermen on Muk say company speedboats have chased them ...

University of Queensland bird researcher Nigel Jackett said he snapped the edible-nest swiftlet and the Himalayan swiftlet over Broome as the cyclone was strengthening off Western Australia's ...

Bird hotels in Indonesia try to attract swiftlets, whose edible nests are a delicacy in China. The swiftlet nests, made of dried saliva, are used to make bird's nest soup.

Swiftlet nests, made from the birds’ saliva, are the key ingredient in bird’s nest soup, an expensive delicacy believed by many Chinese to have health benefits. Skip to content.

Bird's Nest soup is a famous delicacy in Chinese cuisine, known for being made from the nests of Edible-nest swiftlets. These birds, native to South Asia, create their nests using their own saliva. In ...

To lure swiftlets, whose saliva-built nests fetch high prices in China, people in Borneo compete to build them the most luxurious accommodations: safe, clean, dark and with pools for bathing.

Datuk Chua Huai Gen, president of the Malaysia Swiftlet Nest Industry and Exporters Association, said as Chinese New Year falls on Jan 29, this period is when bird’s nest exporters are preparing ...