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Arachnothera longirostra · Family Nectariniidae
Arachnothera longirostra
Family Nectariniidae
- Order
- Passeriformes
- Family
- Nectariniidae
- GBIF occurrence records
- 69,640
- Countries and territories with records
- 18
About this species
This species has 69,640 occurrence records from 18 countries and territories (GBIF, 21 October 2026). Most records come from India (43.6%), Malaysia (21.6%), Thailand (17.9%), Indonesia (4.8%) and Singapore (4.5%); together they account for 92.4% of the total. In India, this species accounts for 0.049% of all bird records in GBIF.
The scientific name Arachnothera longirostra combines the genus name Arachnothera with the species epithet longirostra. The Warbla app catalog lists 13 species of the genus Arachnothera; apart from this one, those with the most GBIF records are Arachnothera magna, Arachnothera modesta and Arachnothera flavigaster.
The catalog has GBIF record counts for 136 species of the family Nectariniidae. This species ranks 18th among them; the family’s most-recorded species is Cinnyris asiaticus. Its record count is 2.3 times the family average (30,217). The family Nectariniidae belongs to the order Passeriformes, which has 6,193 species in the Warbla app catalog.