Spiderhunter

Spiderhunter

Taxobox
name = Spiderhunters


image_width = 220px
image_caption = Little Spiderhunter "Arachnothera longirostra"
regnum = Animalia
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 the Sunbird family. They are confined to the Oriental zoogeographic region, occurring from India east to The Philippines and from the Himalayas south to Java; they reach their greatest species diversity in the Thai-Malay peninsula, Sumatra and Borneo.

There are 11 species:

* 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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  • spiderhunter — /spuy deuhr hun teuhr/, n. any of several sunbirds of the genus Arachnothera, of southern Asia and the East Indies, having dull colored plumage and a long bill. [1855 60; SPIDER + HUNTER] * * * …   Universalium

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  • Spectacled Spiderhunter — Taxobox name = Spectacled Spiderhunter status = LC | status system = IUCN3.1 regnum = Animalia phylum = Chordata classis = Aves ordo = Passeriformes familia = Nectariniidae genus = Arachnothera species = A. flavigaster binomial = Arachnothera… …   Wikipedia

  • Grey-breasted Spiderhunter — Taxobox name = Grey breasted Spiderhunter status = LC | status system = IUCN3.1 regnum = Animalia phylum = Chordata classis = Aves ordo = Passeriformes familia = Nectariniidae genus = Arachnothera species = A. affinis binomial = Arachnothera… …   Wikipedia

  • Yellow-eared Spiderhunter — Taxobox name = Yellow eared Spiderhunter status = LC | status system = IUCN3.1 regnum = Animalia phylum = Chordata classis = Aves ordo = Passeriformes familia = Nectariniidae genus = Arachnothera species = A. chrysogenys binomial = Arachnothera… …   Wikipedia

  • Naked-faced Spiderhunter — Conservation status Least Concern …   Wikipedia

  • Thick-billed Spiderhunter — Taxobox name = Thick billed Spiderhunter status = LC | status system = IUCN3.1 regnum = Animalia phylum = Chordata classis = Aves ordo = Passeriformes familia = Nectariniidae genus = Arachnothera species = A. crassirostris binomial = Arachnothera …   Wikipedia

  • Bornean Spiderhunter — Taxobox name = Bornean Spiderhunter status = LC | status system = IUCN3.1 regnum = Animalia phylum = Chordata classis = Aves ordo = Passeriformes familia = Nectariniidae genus = Arachnothera species = A. everetti binomial = Arachnothera everetti… …   Wikipedia

  • Whitehead's Spiderhunter — Taxobox name = Whitehead s Spiderhunter status = LC | status system = IUCN3.1 regnum = Animalia phylum = Chordata classis = Aves ordo = Passeriformes familia = Nectariniidae genus = Arachnothera species = A. juliae binomial = Arachnothera juliae… …   Wikipedia

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