- Arachnothera everetti
Identification
21 cm (8¼ in)
- Yellowish-green upperparts
- Blackish-brown remiges and rectrices
- Greyish-white underparts with light brown streaking
- Whitish undertail-coverts with dark barring
Sexes similar
Juvenile lacks the underparts streaking
Distribution
Endemic to the mountains of northern and central Borneo.
Taxonomy
This is a monotypic species[1].
It was formerly included in Streaky-breasted Spiderhunter.
Habitat
Dipterocarp hill forests and lower level montane forests and forest edges. Mostly found between 900–1600 m, sometimes lower.
Behaviour
Diet
It is presumed their diet consists mostly of small arthropods and nectar.
References
- Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, S. M. Billerman, T. A. Fredericks, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2019. The eBird/Clements Checklist of Birds of the World: v2019. Downloaded from http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
- Cheke R & Mann C. 2008. Family Nectariniidae (Sunbirds) In: DA Christie, A Elliott & J del Hoyo (eds) Handbook of the Birds of the World Vol. 13: Penduline-tits to Shrikes. Lynx Edicions. ISBN 8496553450
- Sibley CG & Monroe BL. 1996. Birds of the World, on diskette, Windows version 2.0. Charles G. Sibley, Santa Rosa, CA, USA.
- Cheke, R. and C. Mann (2020). Bornean Spiderhunter (Arachnothera everetti), version 1.0. In Birds of the World (S. M. Billerman, B. K. Keeney, P. G. Rodewald, and T. S. Schulenberg, Editors). Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Ithaca, NY, USA. https://doi.org/10.2173/bow.borspi1.01
Recommended Citation
- BirdForum Opus contributors. (2024) Bornean Spiderhunter. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 29 May 2024 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Bornean_Spiderhunter
External Links
http://orientalbirdimages.org/search.php?Bird_ID=2891&Location=
