Yellow-eared Spiderhunter (Arachnothera chrysogenys)

Other Names (World)
Yellow-eared Spiderhunter, Lesser Yellow-eared Spiderhunter

Family
Nectariniidae (Sunbirds)

Size
18 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Temminck, 1826)

Habitat
Subtropical and tropical lowland moist forest. Also, subtropical and tropical mangroves, plantations. From sea-level - 1,400 m.

Range (Guide)

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

Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010).

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (7)...)

Yellow-eared Spiderhunter (Arachnothera chrysogenys) [XC96106]
by Peter Boesman from Pahang; Deerland, Malaysia (call, calls perched and flight)

Yellow-eared Spiderhunter (Arachnothera chrysogenys) [XC842873]
by id from Panti Bird Sanctuary, Johor, Malaysia (call, subsong)

Subspecies
Additional proposed subspecies are astilpna (described from Bokpyin, in Tenasserim), intensiflava (Kossoom, Tenasserim), copha (Tapanuli Bay, in north-western Sumatra), pleoxantha (Mt Lembu, on Nias I) and isopega (Pagai Is, off western Sumatra), all considered inseparable from nominate.

The following 2 subspecies are recognised:

chrysogenys (Temminck, 1826) - Extreme southern Myanmar (southern Tenasserim), southern Thailand, Peninsular Malaysia, Singapore, Riau and Lingga Archipelagos, Sumatra and most satellites, western Borneo and western Java.
harrissoni Deignan, 1957 - Eastern Borneo.

References
See References.

Files:

JPG files for Yellow-eared Spiderhunter (Arachnothera chrysogenys) - 10 files

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