The orange-tufted spiderhunter (''Arachnothera flammifera'') is a species of bird in the family
Nectariniidae. It is found in the southern and eastern Philippines. It was originally considered a subspecies of the
little spiderhunter
The little spiderhunter (''Arachnothera longirostra'') is a species of long-billed nectar-feeding bird in the family Nectariniidae found in the moist forests of South and Southeast Asia. Unlike typical sunbirds, males and females are very similar ...
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References
*Moyle, R.G., S.S. Taylor, C.H. Oliveros, H.C. Lim, C.L. Haines, M.A. Rahman, and F.H. Sheldon. 2011. Diversification of an endemic Southeast Asian genus: phylogenetic relationships of the spiderhunters (Nectariniidae: Arachnothera). Auk 128: 777–788.
orange-tufted spiderhunter
Endemic birds of the Philippines
orange-tufted spiderhunter
orange-tufted spiderhunter
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