- Spiderhunter
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image_caption =Little Spiderhunter "Arachnothera longirostra"
regnum =Animal ia
phylum =Chordata
classis =Aves
ordo =Passeriformes
familia =Nectariniidae
genus = "Arachnothera"
genus_authority = Temminck,1826
subdivision_ranks = Species
subdivision = See text.The spiderhunters are birds of the
genus "Arachnothera", part of theSunbird family. They are confined to theOriental zoogeographic region , occurring fromIndia east toThe Philippines and from theHimalayas south toJava ; they reach their greatest species diversity in theThai-Malay peninsula ,Sumatra andBorneo .There are 11 species:
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Thick-billed Spiderhunter "Arachnothera crassirostris"
*Spectacled Spiderhunter "Arachnothera flavigaster"
*Long-billed Spiderhunter "Arachnothera robusta"
*Little Spiderhunter "Arachnothera longirostra"
*Yellow-eared Spiderhunter "Arachnothera chrysogenys"
*Naked-faced Spiderhunter "Arachnothera clarae"
*Grey-breasted Spiderhunter "Arachnothera modesta" - sometimes included in "A. affinis"
*Streaky-breasted Spiderhunter "Arachnothera affinis"
*Bornean Spiderhunter , "Arachnothera everetti"
*Streaked Spiderhunter "Arachnothera magna"
*Whitehead's Spiderhunter "Arachnothera juliae"External links
* [http://ibc.hbw.com/ibc/phtml/familia.phtml?idFamilia=165 Spiderhunter videos] on the Internet Bird Collection
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