Little Spiderhunter

The Little Spiderhunter is a species of bird in the Nectariniidae family. It is found in Bangladesh, Bhutan, Brunei, Cambodia, China, India, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Nepal, the Philippines, Thailand, and Vietnam.

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

A Little Spiderhunter (Arachnothera longirostra) was photographed collecting nectar from a wild banana plant (Musa sp.) in Rengit, Johor, Malaysia by Adrian Lim recently. So far, photographers have documented the spiderhunter drinking nectar from the cultivated banana plants… the Spectacled Spiderhunter (Arachnothera flavigaster) and Little Spiderhunter. This post shows one feeding from a wild banana plant. More

The Little Spiderhunter (Arachnothera longirostra) is a species of bird in the Nectariniidae family. It is found in Bangladesh, Bhutan, Brunei, Cambodia, China, India, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Nepal, the Philippines, Thailand, and Vietnam. More

the Little Spiderhunter is described as an "incessant squeaky whistle". Diet and feeding - This Streaked Spiderhunter has pierced the side of a closed hibiscus flower and is drinking the nectar without pollinating the flower - a tactic known as nectar-robbing. The spiderhunters are omnivorous. As their name suggests they will eat spiders, and are capable of extracting spiders from the centre of their webs, a tricky task. More

At the same time, the little spiderhunter, for one, is significant almost entirely in terms of direction of flight and thus has to be identified as a distinct species by sighting (consequently, being thus known by sight, sasat is also recognized as being the particular species making the little spiderhunter calls-though ironically the call of augural relevance does not seem to be the one from which the Dusun name of the bird is derived onomatopoeically).Messengers or tipsters? Some cautious though concluding thoughts on ... More

Little SpiderhunterThe spiderhunters are birds of the genus Arachnothera, part of the Sunbird family. More

Little Spiderhunter by Khong Tuck Khoon Location: All Over Malaysia Date Taken: 07/Jul/2009 Upload On: 11/Jul/2009 Rating: ****** Little Spiderhunter by Mark Photographer: Mark Location: Krung Ching NP Date Taken: 23/Aug/2007 Upload On: 17/Jun/2008 Rating: ****** Photographer: Mark Little Spiderhunter by Mark Location: Krung Ching NP Date Taken: 23/Aug/2007 More