Swallow Birds Nest Types

There are two types of places to develop the nests of swiftlets:

In the caves
In the cultivated or abandoned houses

1自然洞穴 Cave nests

洞燕窝通常在收获马来西亚，即沙巴和砂拉越的天然洞穴、岩洞及悬崖上。由于受到大自然气候及天然环境所影响，专捕食天然杂虫，所以一般也相信它们所制的燕槽比较高营养,也因为采集风险高，价格也水涨船高。 燕窝的质地比较韧及硬，颜色比较深、外形不讨好、杂质较多、浸炖时间较长及爽口，

Cave nests are usually harvested in the natural caves of Malaysian states namely, Sabah and Sarawak. These caves vary in height and size, but they are typically found on lofty cliffs elevated against the sea. These kinds of nests usually contain more feather and dirt than the other variant.

Swallow Birds Nest Types

2.人工屋育House Nests

这类燕窝是在屋檐或是人工燕屋下系统化培养。这种燕巢的质地比洞穴巢顺滑，它包含较少的杂质和羽毛。因此，燕窝可以保留其月牙或碗型或羽毛这也提高采集效益，经过消毒精选，和洞燕相比成本可以大大减低， 也不失其原有营养价值。

These nests are made by swiftlets under the house roof in the countryside. House nests are harvested from swallow houses. The texture of this kind of nests is smoother than the cave nests, and it contains lesser contaminants and feathers. Therefore, it is possible to retain the crescent kind of bowl or the cupped hand shape of the nest even after the feathers are removed.

燕子类型分为白燕窝，黄燕窝，血燕窝。

In these places, the following types of golden swallow nests spring up- white Swallow Birds Nest, yellow Swallow Birds Nest, and blood Swallow Birds Nests. After the nests are taken off the houses, they need to be cleaned and processed before delivery. Malaysia single-handedly sends millions of Swallow Birds Nests to Chinese communities all over the world. The main consumer countries of Swallow Birds Nests include China, Malaysia, Singapore, and Thailand.

燕窝的品质：Quality of Swallow Birds Nest

In terms of quality of Swallow Birds Nest, they are classified into different categories such as:
Cave Swallow Birds Nest 洞燕盏
House Swallow Birds Nest 屋燕盏
Feather Swallow Birds Nest 毛燕盏
Grass Swallow Birds Nest 草燕盏
燕窝的处理分为：Although the benefits of Swallow Birds Nests are innumerable to overwhelm anyone, but there are only two variants of Swallow Birds Nests-:

Unprocessed Swallow Birds Nests or Raw Swallow Birds Nests 未经处理燕盏
Processed Swallow Birds Nests or Clean Swallow Birds Nests 已经处理燕盏
形状也分别为：条状，片状，饼状，粒状，散状

The nests come in different shapes such as strips, whole pieces, cakes, pieces, balls and broken pieces.