Spectacled Spiderhunter

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Original source: Lip Kee Yap from Singapore, Republic of SingaporeCamera location
Author: Lip Kee Yap from Singapore, Republic of SingaporeCamera location

The Spectacled Spiderhunter is classified as Least Concern. Does not qualify for a more at risk category. Widespread and abundant taxa are included in this category.

The Spectacled Spiderhunter (Arachnothera flavigaster) is a species of bird in the Nectariniidae family. It is found in Brunei, Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore, Thailand, and Vietnam. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and subtropical or tropical moist montanes. This is both the largest spiderhunter and the largest representative of its family. References - * BirdLife International 2004. Arachnothera flavigaster. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. More

The Spectacled Spiderhunter is the heaviest of the sunbirds, weighing as much as 49 g. The bills of the spiderhunters are long, at least twice the length of the head, and are decurved and stout. The tongue forms a complete tube for most of its length. The plumage is much drabber than the other brightly coloured sunbirds, is the same for both sexes, and contains no iridescence. More

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The Spectacled Spiderhunter (Arachnothera flavigaster) is a species of bird in the Nectariniidae family. Spectacled Tyrant * Spectacled Tyrant - * The Spectacled Tyrant (Hymenops perspicillatus) is a species of bird in the Tyrannidae family, the only one in the genus Hymenops. More

Order : Passeriformes
Family : Nectariniidae
Genus : Arachnothera
Species : flavigaster
Authority : (Eyton, 1839)