Streaked Spiderhunter Did you see this animal?
Scientific Name : Arachnothera longirostra
Family : Nectariniidae
Order : Passeriformes
Class : Aves
Phylum : Chordata
Habitat : Evergreen forest
Description : The Streaked Spiderhunter is a small heavily streaked olive passerine with a long bill (length 19 cm, weight 29 g, wing 8.5 cm, bill 4.4 cm, tarsus 2 cm, tail 4.6 cm approximately). The upperparts are bright olive green with bold dark streaks. The short tail is tipped with buffish and has a blackish sub-terminal band. The underparts are whitish with bold black streaks, and a yellowish vent. It has a long, down curved blackish-brown bill. The male and the female look alike. It forages among wild bananas and flowering trees, feeding on nectar and insects. It breeds in March-July and nests in banana plants or broad-leaved trees.
Distribution in Bangladesh
Other Species from Group
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Dicaeum chrysorrheum
(Thick‑billed Flowerpecker) -
Cinnyris jugularis
(Fire‑tailed Sunbird) -
Dicaeum ignipectus
(Little Spiderhunter) -
Arachnothera magna
(Ruby‑cheeked Sunbird) -
Leptocoma zeylonica
(Purple‑throated Sunbird) -
Leptocoma sperata
(Purple Sunbird) -
Aethopyga nipalensis
((Mrs) Gould's Sunbird) -
Dicaeum cruentatum
(Fire-breasted Flowerpecker) -
Dicaeum trigonostigma
(Pale‑billed Flowerpecker) -
Dicaeum erythrorhynchos
(Plain Flowerpecker)
Species groups
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Bee-eaters -
Booby -
frigatebird -
phalarope -
tropicbird -
Martins and Swallows -
Crows, Drongos & allies -
Woodpeckers -
Eared Nightjars -
Ibises & Spoonbills -
Trogons -
Coucals -
Pelicans -
Darters -
Gulls -
Warblers and allies -
Flowerpeckers & Sunbirds -
Sparrows, Wagtails, Pipits a& allies -
moonbird -
Hawks & Eagles -
Snipes, Sandpipers, Plovers & allies -
Small Kingfishers -
Cisticola & Prinia -
Plovers & Lapwings -
Rails, Gallinules & Coots -
Tits -
Parrots -
Rosefinches and Buntings -
Bustards -
Grebes -
Pheasants & Partridges -
Old World flycatcher -
Starlings and Mynas -
Hornbills -
Buttonquails -
Rollers -
Bluebirds -
Crested Kingfishers -
Cormorants -
Pigeons and Doves -
Jacanas -
Typical Owl -
Finfoots &booby -
Flamingo -
Herons and Bitterns -
Treecreepers -
Nuthatch -
Barbets -
Treeswifts -
Swifts -
Crab-plovers, Coursers and Pratincoles -
Bulbuls -
Frogmouths -
Larks -
Storks -
Broadbills -
Thick-knees -
Painted-snipes -
Nightjars -
Barn-owls -
Large-billed Kingfishers -
Falcons -
Pittas -
Cranes -
Whistling-ducks -
Ducks, Geese & Swans -
Hoopoe
References:
description written by:Sharmin Rahman,Department of Zoology, Jagannath University,Dhaka;information source: Encyclopedia of Flora and Fauna of Bangladesh, Vol-26, iucnredlist.org;Photo credit and copyright:MSH Sourav (TU Dresden, Germany);taxonomic checklist:P. M. Thompson and S. U. Chowdhury (2020). A checklist of birds of Bangladesh.Birds Bangladesh;bird song owner:Jacob Saucier(www.xeno-canto.org/Jacob Saucier), bird sound copyright reserved according to www.xeno-canto.org rules; more information, please contact us.
description written by:Sharmin Rahman,Department of Zoology, Jagannath University,Dhaka;information source: Encyclopedia of Flora and Fauna of Bangladesh, Vol-26, iucnredlist.org;Photo credit and copyright:MSH Sourav (TU Dresden, Germany);taxonomic checklist:P. M. Thompson and S. U. Chowdhury (2020). A checklist of birds of Bangladesh.Birds Bangladesh;bird song owner:Jacob Saucier(www.xeno-canto.org/Jacob Saucier), bird sound copyright reserved according to www.xeno-canto.org rules; more information, please contact us.