Grey-breasted spiderhunter

Grey-breasted spiderhunter
A. modesta (upper) with A. affinis (lower)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Nectariniidae
Genus: Arachnothera
Species: A. modesta
Binomial name
Arachnothera modesta
(Eyton, 1839)

The grey-breasted spiderhunter (Arachnothera modesta) is a species of bird in the Nectariniidae family. It is found in Brunei, Indonesia, Malaysia, Myanmar, Singapore, Thailand, and Vietnam. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and subtropical or tropical moist montane forests. It is sometimes considered conspecific with the streaky-breasted spiderhunter.

Taman Negara, Malaysia, Sept 1997


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