Spectacled spiderhunter

Spectacled spiderhunter
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Nectariniidae
Genus: Arachnothera
Species: A. flavigaster
Binomial name
Arachnothera flavigaster
(Eyton, 1839)

The spectacled spiderhunter (Arachnothera flavigaster) is a species of bird in the Nectariniidae family. It is found in Brunei, Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore, Thailand, and Vietnam. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and subtropical or tropical moist montane forests. This is both the largest spiderhunter and the largest representative of its family.

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