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Arachnothera

  • Arachnothera

    The genus Arachnothera, part of the sunbird family Nectariniidae, contains birds known as spiderhunters.
    The genus name Arachnothera means "spider hunter" and the species epithet refers to the long beak.

    1/ Spectacled spiderhunter (Bắp chuối bụng vàng, Arachnothera flavigaster)

    2/ Streaky-breasted spiderhunter (Bắp chuối bụng xám, Arachnothera affinis)

    3/ Streaked spiderhunter (Bắp chuối đốm đen, Arachnothera magna)

    4/ Yellow-eared spiderhunter (Bắp chuối má vàng, Arachnothera chrysogenys)

    5/ Little spiderhunter (Bắp chuối mỏ dài, Arachnothera longirostra)

  • Streaked Spiderhunter

    Streaked Spiderhunter 
    (Bắp chuối đốm đen, Arachnothera magna)


    The genus name Arachnothera means "spider hunter" and the species epithet refers to the long beak.

     

    Arachnothera 
    arachno- arachnid; arachnidial; spider. 
    thera or thira: Santorini (an island in Greece)
    Arachnothera Greek arakhne: spider; -theras hunter (therao: to hunt).

    magna Latin magnus great

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