Spectacled spiderhunter

Spectacled spiderhunter
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Nectariniidae
Genus: Arachnothera
Species:
A. flavigaster
Binomial name
Arachnothera flavigaster
(Eyton, 1839)

The spectacled spiderhunter (Arachnothera flavigaster) is a species of bird in the family Nectariniidae. It is found in Brunei, Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore, Thailand, and Vietnam. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest and subtropical or tropical moist montane forest. This is both the largest spiderhunter and the largest representative of the entire sunbird family. The total length of this species is around 22 cm (8.7 in) and body mass is around 38.4 to 49 g (1.35 to 1.73 oz).[2]

References

  1. ^ BirdLife International (2016). "Arachnothera flavigaster". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T22718112A94567832. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22718112A94567832.en. Retrieved 11 November 2021.
  2. ^ Cheke, R. and C. Mann (2020). Spectacled Spiderhunter (Arachnothera flavigaster), version 1.0. In Birds of the World (J. del Hoyo, A. Elliott, J. Sargatal, D. A. Christie, and E. de Juana, Editors). Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Ithaca, NY, USA.


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