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Long-billed spiderhunter

Arachnothera robusta S. Muller & Schlegel, 1845

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The long-billed spiderhunter (Arachnothera robusta) is a species in the family Nectariniidae, order Passeriformes. Recorded adults weigh about 29.3 g. Its IUCN Red List status is Least Concern.

Long-billed spiderhunter (Arachnothera robusta)
Photo: John Gerrard Keulemans · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons

Quick facts about the long-billed spiderhunter

Weight
29.3 gsrc for Weight
Length
Not recorded
Lifespan
Not recorded
Diet
Invertivoresrc for Diet
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
forestsrc for Habitat
Young per litter or clutch
2src for Young per litter or clutch
Lifestyle
Perchingsrc for Lifestyle
Migration
Sedentarysrc for Migration
Conservation status
Least Concern (IUCN)src for Conservation status
Countries on record
Not recorded

Where does the long-billed spiderhunter live?

Not recorded

What is the long-billed spiderhunter?

Quoted from WikipediaCC BY-SA 4.0

The long-billed spiderhunter (Arachnothera robusta) is a species of bird in the family Nectariniidae.

It is found in Brunei, Indonesia, Malaysia, and Thailand.

Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and subtropical or tropical moist montane forests.

From the Wikipedia article “Long-billed spiderhunter” (en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Long-billed_spiderhunter&oldid=1380704932), by Wikipedia contributors, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0). This block is kept separate from our own text.

Is the long-billed spiderhunter endangered?

The long-billed spiderhunter is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List: it is not currently at risk of extinction.

  1. LCLeast Concern
  2. NTNear Threatened
  3. VUVulnerable
  4. ENEndangered
  5. CRCritically Endangered
  6. EWExtinct in the Wild
  7. EXExtinct

Category via Wikidata (CC0). Find the full assessment on the IUCN Red List. See all Least Concern species. What the categories mean.

How is the long-billed spiderhunter classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumChordata
  3. classAves
  4. orderPasseriformes
  5. familyNectariniidae
  6. genusArachnothera
  7. SpeciesArachnothera robusta S. Muller & Schlegel, 1845

Synonyms Arachnothera uropygialis

Other names and names in other languages (31)
  • aranyera becllargaCatalan
  • strdimil dlouhozobýCzech
  • heliwr corynnod hirbigWelsh
  • Langnæbbet EdderkoppejægerDanish
  • LangschnabelspinnenjägerGerman
  • Langschnabel-SpinnenjägerGerman
  • longbeka aranekaptuloEsperanto
  • Arañero piquilargoSpanish
  • pitkänokkalukkinenFinnish
  • Arachnothère à long becFrench
  • veliki medosasCroatian
  • hosszúcsőrű pókvadászHungarian
  • Pijantung besarIndonesian
  • Cacciaragni beccolungoItalian
  • ハシナガクモカリドリJapanese
  • ilgasnapė voralesėLithuanian
  • LangsnavelspinnenjagerDutch
  • langnebbedderkoppjegerNorwegian
  • pajęcznik wielkodziobyPolish
  • aranheiro-de-bico-compridoPortuguese
  • papa-aranhas-de-bico-longoPortuguese
  • Большая пауколовкаRussian
  • Длинноклювая нектарница-пауколовкаRussian
  • pavučiarka dlhozobáSlovak
  • Dugokljuni paučarSerbian
  • långnäbbad spindeljägareSwedish
  • นกปลีกล้วยปากยาวThai
  • Uzun Gagalı ÖrümcekavcısıTurkish
  • павуколов довгодзьобийUkrainian
  • 纹胸捕蛛鸟Chinese
  • 長嘴捕蛛鳥Chinese

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Relatives of the long-billed spiderhunter

Other species in the same genus Arachnothera.

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Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

How big is the long-billed spiderhunter?

An adult long-billed spiderhunter weighs 29.3 g, according to values recorded on Wikidata.

Is the long-billed spiderhunter endangered?

The long-billed spiderhunter is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List, meaning it is not currently at risk of extinction.

What kind of animal is the long-billed spiderhunter?

The long-billed spiderhunter (Arachnothera robusta) belongs to the family Nectariniidae in the order Passeriformes.

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BibTeX
@misc{long_billed_spiderhunter_2026,
  title = {Long-billed spiderhunter (Arachnothera robusta)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/long-billed-spiderhunter},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}