It is a small swiftlet of the Western Ghats of south-western India and Sri Lanka. It catches insects and other invertebrates in flight and builds dark nests of feathers and saliva in caves.
It is a small swiftlet, about 12 cm long and 11–12.8 g in mass.
It catches insects and other invertebrates in flight by day and builds dark nests of feathers and saliva in caves.
On 4 February 2026, one female louse fly, Myophthiria zeylanica, was found leaving the nape of a dead Indian Swiftlet in the Nilgiri Hills, India.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.