What bird builds nests like this?

[mrjohn]

Sorry photo not too good taken on my old phone.

Does anybody know what the bird is?

[Rob13]

Rice bird nests

[cooked]

swallow .

Don't Google Thai swallow as I just did, I wasn't expecting that!

Edited August 5, 2016 by cooked

[Crossy]

One of several species of weaver bird that live in Thailand

 

http://www.alamy.com/stock-photo-weaver-bird-nest-hanging-from-tree-branch-thailand-14765051.html

 

 

[isanbirder]

Baya Weaver (I don't think any of the others  build nests with an entry tube).

[Sabaidee Mai]

Weaver bird

 

[PETERTHEEATER]

There are two nest forms. One with a tubular extension extending from the bottom, The female builds a nest in this and the shape deters intruders such as tree snakes. The other type as no tube but is open at the bottom with a woven lateral footrest one which the male bird roosts.

 

 

[AjarnNorth]

They are, as Isanbirder has pointed out already, Baya Weaver nests. 

[AjarnNorth]

7 minutes ago, PETERTHEEATER said:

There are two nest forms. One with a tubular extension extending from the bottom, The female builds a nest in this and the shape deters intruders such as tree snakes. The other type as no tube but is open at the bottom with a woven lateral footrest one which the male bird roosts.

 

 

Actually the males do nearly all the building. The nests are not completed until a female has selected the male as a mate and then the male completes the nest, adding the tube. So those without tubes are still "under construction" so to speak. See "Birds of Bangkok" by Philip Round for a more detailed explanation. 

[mrjohn]

Many thanks to everybody for the info.

Baya Weavers they most certainly are. I saw a couple of them through my cheap quality, lightweight glasses the other day. They had yellow crests so I assumed they were the males.

My wife says that people used to sell the nests in the market, but now it’s illegal.

So, sounds like a success story for Thai conservation at last.

[Lokie]

So is not a Coconut bird then?

[realenglish1]

Its not a bird Its a male wild  Chee Chee native to Thailand. It only has one very large one unlike other male mammals that have  2

 

[ozyjon]

[Goanna]

There are quite a few in southern Sisaket, with some of the locals here just having them hanging at their houses. Display purposes.

[mrjohn]

Update

 

Nests have disappeared. Presumably stolen by some halfwit.

The nests were in active use, so presumably had eggs or young inside.

So, so much for conservation!

The short-sighted, selfish attitude of some (most) Thais to their own natural environment never ceases to amaze me.