Edible-nest swiftlet — famous for bird’s nest soup — potentially sighted during cyclone in Australian first

A researcher says he has photographed two types of Asian swiftlets for the first time in Australia after they blew in on the winds of Tropical Cyclone Damien.

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 Kimberley coast.

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First published 12 February 2020 by ABC Kimberley