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Arachnothera magna · Family Nectariniidae

Arachnothera magna

Family Nectariniidae

Order
Passeriformes
Family
Nectariniidae
GBIF occurrence records
47,343
Countries and territories with records
12
Streaked Spiderhunter
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About this species

This species has 47,343 occurrence records from 12 countries and territories (GBIF, 21 October 2026). Most records come from India (35.9%), Thailand (22.1%), Malaysia (17.3%), Bhutan (8%) and Vietnam (7.1%); together they account for 90.4% of the total. In India, this species accounts for 0.028% of all bird records in GBIF.

The scientific name Arachnothera magna combines the genus name Arachnothera with the species epithet magna. The Warbla app catalog lists 13 species of the genus Arachnothera; apart from this one, those with the most GBIF records are Arachnothera longirostra, Arachnothera modesta and Arachnothera flavigaster.

The catalog has GBIF record counts for 136 species of the family Nectariniidae. This species ranks 20th among them; the family’s most-recorded species is Cinnyris asiaticus. Its record count is 1.6 times the family average (30,217). The family Nectariniidae belongs to the order Passeriformes, which has 6,193 species in the Warbla app catalog.

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