Sunbirds (Nectariniidae)
Streaked Spiderhunter (Arachnothera magna) - HBW 13, p. 319
French: Grand Arachnothère
German: Strichelspinnenjäger
Spanish: Arañero Estriado
Taxonomy: Cinnyris magna Hodgson, 1836, Nepal.
Geographical variation mostly not well marked; race pagodarum perhaps not diagnosable and could be subsumed within musarum. Race aurata intergrades with musarum in S Myanmar (Karen Hills). Five subspecies recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- magna (Hodgson, 1836) - Nepal, Sikkim, Bhutan, E Bangladesh and NE India E to S China (SE Xizang E to W, S & SE Yunnan, SW Guizhou and W Guangxi) and N Myanmar.
- aurata Blyth, 1855 - C & E Myanmar.
- musarum Deignan, 1956 - SE Myanmar, N Thailand, Laos and N Vietnam (W Tonkin).
- magna (Hodgson, 1836) - Nepal, Sikkim, Bhutan, E Bangladesh and NE India E to S China (SE Xizang E to W, S & SE Yunnan, SW Guizhou and W Guangxi) and N Myanmar.
- aurata Blyth, 1855 - C & E Myanmar.
- musarum Deignan, 1956 - SE Myanmar, N Thailand, Laos and N Vietnam (W Tonkin).
- pagodarum Deignan, 1956 - S Myanmar, W Thailand and S Malay Peninsula.
- remota Riley, 1940 - SC & S Vietnam.
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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A bird feeding on a banana flower and flying away Locality Yingjiang, Yunnan, China (Southern) (ssp magna)
Keith Blomerley 8 November 2007 5 years ago 12 sec 4.5 -
An adult feeding on a banana flower. Locality Kaeng Krachan National Park, Western Thailand, Thailand (ssp pagodarum)
Christophe Gouraud 21 November 2009 3 years ago 37 sec 4.4 -
A bird extracting nectar from several flowers. Locality Fraser's Hill, Pahang, Peninsular Malaysia (ssp musarum)
Pieter de Groot Boersma 1 August 2006 3 years ago 31 sec 4 -
A bird feeding on nectar in a banana flower. Locality Tanung Valley, Da Lat Plateau, Annam, Vietnam (ssp remota)
Josep del Hoyo 19 April 2008 4 years ago 24 sec 4 -
front view of perched bird, sticks tongue out, wipes bill on branch, turns, flies off Locality Kaeng Krachan National Park, Western Thailand, Thailand (ssp pagodarum)
Martin Kennewell 13 March 2010 3 years ago 54 sec 3.3 -
perched in undergrowth, another calls out of shot Locality Tanung Valley, Da Lat Plateau, Annam, Vietnam (ssp remota)
Martin Kennewell 2 February 2013 12 weeks ago 14 sec 3.2
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A bird foraging in a low shrub.
Locality Fraser's Hill, Pahang, Peninsular Malaysia (ssp pagodarum)
David Beadle 22 September 2011 1 year ago 4 -
An adult feeding on a banana flower.
Locality Kaeng Krachan National Park, Western Thailand, Thailand (ssp pagodarum)
Christophe Gouraud 21 November 2009 3 years ago 4 -
Streaked Spiderhunter (Arachnothera magna)
Locality Fraser's Hill, Pahang, Peninsular Malaysia
Guy Poisson 26 February 2008 2 years ago 3.6 -
An adult feeding on a banana flower.
Locality Kaeng Krachan National Park, Western Thailand, Thailand (ssp pagodarum)
Christophe Gouraud 21 November 2009 3 years ago 3.3 -
On a banana tree.
Locality Tanung Valley, Da Lat Plateau, Annam, Vietnam (ssp remota)
Fran Trabalon 23 November 2011 1 year ago 3.3 -
A bird on a tree
Locality Da Lat Plateau, Annam, Vietnam
pascal christe 20 July 2012 39 weeks ago 3
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Call. Locality Kaeng Krachan National Park, Western Thailand, Thailand
AnteStrand 14 December 2009 2 years ago 3
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