Bornean Spiderhunter - BirdForum Opus

Photo © by James Eaton
Danum Valley, Sabah, Borneo, Malaysia, June 2006

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, central and eastern Borneo.

Taxonomy

It was formerly included in Streaky-breasted Spiderhunter.

Subspecies

This is a monotypic species[1]. The taxon pars which formerly were considered a subspecies of Grey-breasted Spiderhunter is currently considered a synonym of the nominate form of this species.

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

1. 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/
2. 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/
3. 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
4. Sibley CG & Monroe BL. 1996. Birds of the World, on diskette, Windows version 2.0. Charles G. Sibley, Santa Rosa, CA, USA.
5. 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

• List of references

Recommended Citation

• BirdForum Opus contributors. (2025) Bornean Spiderhunter. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 13 May 2025 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Bornean_Spiderhunter

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