- Arachnothera modesta
Description
17–18 cm (6½-7 in)
- Golden olive-green upperparts
- Brownish feathering on crown
- Blackis-brown remiges
Identification
Distribution
Endemic to Southeast Asia: found in Indochina, Myanmar, Vietnam, Thailand, Malaysia, Singapore, Borneo, Indonesia, Greater Sundas, Sumatra
Taxonomy
Subspecies
Clements recognizes these subspecies[1]:
- A. m. caena:
- A. m. modesta:
- Southern Thailand (south of Isthmus of Kra), Malay Peninsula and western Borneo
- A. m. concolor:
- Sumatra and Mentawi Archipelago
The formerly recognized subspecies A. m. pars is now considered a synonym of the nominate form of Bornean Spiderhunter.
Habitat
Peat-swamp and secondary forests, dry coastal forests, coastal scrub and forest edges.
Behaviour
Diet
Their diet consists mostly of spiders and other insects such as ants and crickets. They also eat nectar.
References
- birdforum thread discussing taxonomy and range of this species
- Clements, J. F., P. C. Rasmussen, T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, T. A. Fredericks, J. A. Gerbracht, D. Lepage, A. Spencer, S. M. Billerman, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2023. The eBird/Clements checklist of Birds of the World: v2023. Downloaded from https://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
- Gill, F, D Donsker, and P Rasmussen (Eds). 2024. IOC World Bird List (v 14.2). Doi 10.14344/IOC.ML.14.2. http://www.worldbirdnames.org/
- Avibase
- Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (retrieved July 2015)
Recommended Citation
- BirdForum Opus contributors. (2025) Grey-breasted Spiderhunter. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 5 May 2025 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Grey-breasted_Spiderhunter
External Links
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