The Types of Swift

Swift coming from families apopidae, spread almost all over the world, apopidae family consists of two groups. The first group is a Swift tail genus (Chaetura genus), group of cave swiftlets (genus colacalia) and black Swift of North America (genus cypseloides).The second group is the genus apus.
Two species which well-known in the business world is Collocalia Fuciphaga Collocalia Maxima. Collocalia Fuciphaga are found in Sumatra, Java, Borneo and also in some islands in Nusa southeast, while the Maxima Colocalia numerous in Borneo and Sumatra.Both species nest distinguished experts into some kind of group or race, so Collocalia Fuchiphaga located in Java and Kalimantan not necessarily come from the same race.

 Edible nest Swiflet ( Collocalia Fuchipaga) has another name that is German Swiflet; Brown- Rumped Swiflet;Areo dramus fuchiphagus. Edible nest Swiflet has many race: 

• C.f Fuchiphaga is spread in Java, Kangean Island and Belitung.
• C.f Perplexa is spread in Maratua Island (East Kalimantan).
• C.f Dammermani is spread in Flores.
• C.f Micans is spread in Sumba, Sewu anf Timor. 
• C.f Vestita is spread in Kalimantan and Sumatran 
• C.f inexpectata is spread in Andamar Island and Nicobar.
• C.f Germani is spread in Hainan Island, south Cina,vietnam coastal, southern Thailand and Malaysia.   

Black Nest Swiflet (Collocalia Maxima) has another name that is Low's Swiflet, Robinson's Swiflet,Indo Malayan wiflet, Aerodramus Maximus. Black Nest Swiflet has many race too that is:

• C.m Maxima is spread in Sumatran and Nias Island.
• C.m Lowi is spread in west Kalimantan, Labuan island, West Java, palawan.
• C.m Tichelmani is spread in the southeastern kalimantan.

the classification of swift is:                            

Superoder  : Apomorphae                 

Order         : Apodiformes 

Family        : Apodidae

Sub Family : Apodenae

Tribes         : Collacaliini

Genera        : Collacalia

Species       : Collacaliafuciphaga

Swift have a close kinship with the Kolibri . Both groups of birds are included in the same ordo that is apodiformes. All kinds of swift  have a similar body shape, but the shape can be identification from it's body size. If the size of it's head and body about 16 centimeters and the style fly is circle suspected species Hydrochaous gigas. Species Collocalia esculenta, Aedramus Fuciphagus, aerodramus vanikorensis, Aerodramus Brevirostris and aerodramus Maximus, has same shape and the style fly with Hydrochaous gigas , the size of it's body is smaller than Hydrochaous gigas.

Sapi Swift (Collocalia esculenta) is often referred to as white-bellied swiflet meaning white-bellied swallow.This bird is also commonly called as "sriti". Her size is only 10 centimeters wide wingspan reaches 21 centimeters. Upper body is greenish black, the lower part of his dark gray. The belly is whitish special features to white-bellied swiflet. This makes the nest of white-bellied swifletbonded with a little saliva, this nest edible but contains a lot of grass need to be cleaned before processing. White-bellied swiflet makes the nest in a rather light near the mouth of the cave, a rock crevice or nook corner of the building. White-bellied swiflet spread Himalayan region, Asia, Papua New Guinea, and Australia.

 White-bellied Swiflet

The nest of   White-bellied Swiflet

Aerodramus Vanicorensis sometimes called moss-nest swiflet has a small size. The feather darker colour and tail parts are not so deep. This bird has a habit of flying with rigid wing movement. typically in the form of high-pitched voice "tsyir" usual buzzing sound close to the breeding. The nest is round shape, smooth and moss contains more fiber than the White-bellied Swiflet. moss-nest swiflet scattered in the sumatra, Kalimantan and Java to the southwestern Pacific.