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swiftlet

European storm petrel (Hydrobates pelagicus)

diving petrel (esp. the common diving petrel, Pelecanoides urinatrix)

house swift (Apus nipalensis)

common house martin (species of songbird, Delichon urbica)

ツバメウオ／つばめうお only

longfin batfish (Platax teira); Tiera batfish

Rare term

flying fish (esp. the Japanese flying fish, Cypselurus agoo)

Japanese butterfly ray (Gymnura japonica)

swallow-tailed kite (Elanoides forficatus)

maguari stork (Ciconia maguari)

Pacific swallow (Hirundo tahitica)

Food, cooking

Kumamoto-style vermicelli soup

swallow's nest

Food, cooking

swift's nest (used to make bird's nest soup)

Proverb

only a hero can understand a hero; swallows and sparrows can't understand the aspirations of phoenixes and swans

white-throated needletail (species of swift, Hirundapus caudacutus)

how can a small bird (a sparrow, a petty person) understand the aspirations of a great bird (a phoenix); only a hero can understand a hero

eighth lunar month

common swift (Apus apus); European swift

white-rumped swift (Apus caffer)

golden spadefish (Platax boersii); Boer's batfish

collared pratincole (Glareola pratincola); common pratincole

small pratincole (Glareola lactea); little pratincole; small Indian pratincole

imitation that looks identical to the original; fake causing the original to lose value

brown-throated martin (Riparia paludicola); brown-throated sand martin

bead lily (Clintonia udensis)