金丝燕

jīn sī yàn

Aerodramus, genus of birds that use echolocation, a subset of the Collocaliini tribe (swiflets), two of whose species – Aerodramus fuciphagus and Aerodramus maximus – build nests harvested to make bird's nest soup

金

jīn

gold

丝

sī

silk

燕

yàn

variant of 燕[yan4]