Spectacled Spiderhunter (Arachnothera flavigaster)

Other Names (World)
Spectacled Spiderhunter, Greater Yellow-eared Spiderhunter, Large Spiderhunter

Family
Nectariniidae (Sunbirds)

Size
21.50 - 22 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Eyton, 1839)

Habitat
Subtropical and tropical lowland and montane moist forest. From sea-level - 1,800 m.

Range (Guide)

Brunei Darussalam, Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore (E), Thailand, Vietnam.

Southern Thailand, Peninsular Malaysia, Sumatra and Borneo.

Rarity Status
Currently this species is not classified as a rarity in this country OR information has not been updated.

Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010).

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (20)...)

Spectacled Spiderhunter (Arachnothera flavigaster) [XC65400]
by Iain Woxvold from Near Lesan protected area, Berau District, East Kalimantan, Indonesia (call)

Spectacled Spiderhunter (Arachnothera) [XC67634]
by Arend Wassink from Sabah; Sepilok, Rainforest Discovery Centre (within 1km), Malaysia (call)

Subspecies
No subspecies.

Proposed subspecies simillima (from Malacca, in south-western Malay Peninsula) considered inseparable from birds elsewhere in species' range.

References
See References.

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