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Thick-billed spiderhunter

Arachnothera crassirostris (Reichenbach, 1853)

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The thick-billed spiderhunter (Arachnothera crassirostris) is a species in the family Nectariniidae, order Passeriformes. Recorded adults weigh 16 g to 16 g. Its IUCN Red List status is Least Concern.

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

Quick facts about the thick-billed spiderhunter

Weight
16 gsrc for Weight
Length
Not recorded
Lifespan
Not recorded
Diet
Omnivoresrc for Diet
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
forestsrc for Habitat
Young per litter or clutch
Not recorded
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 thick-billed spiderhunter live?

Not recorded

What is the thick-billed spiderhunter?

Quoted from WikipediaCC BY-SA 4.0

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

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

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

From the Wikipedia article “Thick-billed spiderhunter” (en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Thick-billed_spiderhunter&oldid=1315205467), 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 thick-billed spiderhunter endangered?

The thick-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 thick-billed spiderhunter classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumChordata
  3. classAves
  4. orderPasseriformes
  5. familyNectariniidae
  6. genusArachnothera
  7. SpeciesArachnothera crassirostris (Reichenbach, 1853)

Synonyms Arachnocestra crassirostris

Other names and names in other languages (31)
  • aranyera becgrossaCatalan
  • strdimil tlustozobýCzech
  • heliwr corynnod pigbraffWelsh
  • Tyknæbbet EdderkoppejægerDanish
  • DickschnabelspinnenjägerGerman
  • Dickschnabel-SpinnenjägerGerman
  • dikbeka aranekaptuloEsperanto
  • Arañero picogordoSpanish
  • naskalilukkinenFinnish
  • Arachnothère à bec épaisFrench
  • debelokljuni medosasCroatian
  • vastagcsőrű pókvadászHungarian
  • Pijantung kampungIndonesian
  • Cacciaragni beccogrossoItalian
  • ハシブトクモカリドリJapanese
  • storasnapė voralesėLithuanian
  • DiksnavelspinnenjagerDutch
  • tykknebbedderkoppjegerNorwegian
  • pajęcznik grubodziobyPolish
  • aranheiro-de-bico-grossoPortuguese
  • papa-aranhas-de-bico-grossoPortuguese
  • Толстоклювая пауколовкаRussian
  • Толстоклювая нектарница-пауколовкаRussian
  • pavučiarka krivozobáSlovak
  • Debelokljuni paučarSerbian
  • tjocknäbbad spindeljägareSwedish
  • นกปลีกล้วยปากหนาThai
  • Kalın Gagalı ÖrümcekavcısıTurkish
  • павуколов товстодзьобийUkrainian
  • 厚嘴捕蛛鳥Chinese
  • 厚嘴捕蛛鸟Chinese

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Relatives of the thick-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 thick-billed spiderhunter?

An adult thick-billed spiderhunter weighs 16 g, according to values recorded on Wikidata.

Is the thick-billed spiderhunter endangered?

The thick-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 thick-billed spiderhunter?

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

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@misc{thick_billed_spiderhunter_2026,
  title = {Thick-billed spiderhunter (Arachnothera crassirostris)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/thick-billed-spiderhunter},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}