Sunbirds (Nectariniidae)
Spectacled Spiderhunter (Arachnothera flavigaster) - HBW 13, p. 318
French: Arachnothère à lunettes
German: Brillenspinnenjäger
Spanish: Arañero de Anteojos
Other common names: Greater Yellow-eared/Large Spiderhunter
Taxonomy: Anthreptes flavigaster Eyton, 1839, “Malaya”.
Proposed race simillima (from Malacca, in SW Malay Peninsula) considered inseparable from birds elsewhere in species’ range. Monotypic.
Distribution: S Thailand, Peninsular Malaysia, Sumatra and Borneo.
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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An individual feeding on a flowering shrub Locality Bornean Rainforest Lodge, Danum Valley Conservation Area, Sabah (Malaysia), Borneo (Monotypic species)
Greg Baker 1 May 2003 36 weeks ago 19 sec 4 -
One displaying to a second bird perched on flowering shrubs Locality Bornean Rainforest Lodge, Danum Valley Conservation Area, Sabah (Malaysia), Borneo (Monotypic species)
Greg Baker 30 April 2003 36 weeks ago 6 sec 3
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Spectacled Spiderhunter
Locality Sepilok, Sandakan, Sabah (Malaysia), Borneo
LHarding 32 weeks ago 2.5
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