Edible-nest Swiflet
name: label: Collector
content: H. Caldwell
label: Discipline
content: Vertebrate Zoology
label: Region
content: Asia & Middle East Region
notes: label: Description
content: This object is part of the Education and Outreach collection, some of which are in the Q?rius science education center and available to see.
label: Notes
content: Edible bird's nests are created by edible-nest swiftlets using solidified saliva and are harvested for human consumption. The nests are particularly prized in Chinese culture dur to their rarity, and supposedly high nutrional value and flavor. The nests have been used in Chinese cooking for over 400 years, most often as bird's nest soup. This nest was collected by Harry R. Caldwell (missionary and naturalist) in Fuzhou, China, in the early 1900s.
label: Number of objects in this record
content: 4
label: Record Last Modified
content: 8 Nov 2023
place: label: Collecting Locality
content: Asia, China, Fujian Province
topic: label: Topic
content: Education & Outreach
setName: label: See more items in
content: Q?rius, The Coralyn W. Whitney Science Education Center
publisher: label: Scientific Name
content: Collocallia
identifier: label: USNM Number
content: EO70165
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Education and Outreach collections
taxonomicName: label: Taxonomy
content: Animalia, Chordata, Vertebrata, Tetrapoda, Aves, Apodiformes, Aegothelidae