- Arachnothera longirostra
Identification
Size 13.5-16 cm (5.3-6.25 in)
- Long, stout, de-curved bill
- Olive upperparts
- White throat and breast
- Yellow belly
The male has a tuft of orange feathers under the wings which only visible in flight
Distribution
Himalayas and India to south east Asia and Indonesia.
Taxonomy
Pale Spiderhunter and Orange-tufted Spiderhunter were formerly included in this species.
Subspecies
9 subspecies accepted[1]:
- A. l. longirostra in southwest India and from Nepal to Assam, southern China (Yunnan), Burma and western Thailand
- A. l. sordida in southwest China (Yunnan) to northeast Thailand and northern Indochina
- A. l. pallida in southeast Thailand and central Indochina
- A. l. cinireicollis on the Malayan Peninsula and Sumatra
- A. l. niasensis on Nias Island (off western Sumatra)
- A. l. prillwitzi on Java
- A. l. buettikoferi on Borneo
- A. l. atita on South Natuna Island
- A. l. rothschildi on North Natuna Island
Habitat
Forests, scrub vegetation, mangroves and coastal scrub.
Behaviour
Diet
They forage singly and in pairs for nectar, spiders and insects.
References
- Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, D. Roberson, T. A. Fredericks, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2016. The eBird/Clements checklist of birds of the world: v2016, with updates to August 2016. Downloaded from http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
- Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (retrieved July 2017)
- BF member observations
Recommended Citation
- BirdForum Opus contributors. (2021) Little Spiderhunter. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 29 April 2021 from https://www.birdforum.net/wiki/Little_Spiderhunter
