Arachnothera flavigaster
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In 3 days ~30% in a week ~60%
The spectacled spiderhunter (Arachnothera flavigaster) is a species of bird in the family Nectariniidae. It is found in Brunei, Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore, Thailand, and Vietnam. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest and subtropical or tropical moist montane forest. This is both the largest spiderhunter and the largest representative of the entire sunbird
family. The total length of this species is around 22 cm (8.7 in) and body mass is around 38.4 to 49 g (1.35 to 1.73 oz). Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Khao Luang National Park | 🇹🇭 Thailand | |
| 2 | Danum Valley Conservation Area | 🇲🇾 Malaysia | |
| 3 | Sepilok | 🇲🇾 Malaysia | |
| 4 | Taman Negara National Park | 🇲🇾 Malaysia | |
| 5 | Kerinci Seblat National Park | 🇮🇩 Indonesia | |
| 6 | Way Kambas National Park | 🇮🇩 Indonesia | |
| 7 | Gunung Leuser National Park | 🇮🇩 Indonesia | |
| 8 | Khao Sok National Park | 🇹🇭 Thailand | |
| 9 | Kinabalu Park | 🇲🇾 Malaysia | |
| 10 | Kaeng Krachan National Park | 🇹🇭 Thailand |
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kuala Lumpur | 🇲🇾 Malaysia |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Spectacled Spiderhunter sighting in Kuala Lumpur on a given day, based on 252 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 56th most-seen of the 228 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 30%, and over a week to about 60%, if each day is a fresh chance.
May and December
In those months about 20% of wildlife watchers report a Spectacled Spiderhunter in Kuala Lumpur on a given day, against under 5% in August, the lowest month.
Between 4 and 7 am
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Spectacled Spiderhunter sightings with a recorded time, and about 6 in 10 of them come between 6 pm and 6 am: it is most active around dawn and dusk.
Only Kuala Lumpur, in our data
Kuala Lumpur is the only city on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Spectacled Spiderhunter sightings: about 10% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
Same genus: Arachnothera
The closest relatives of the Spectacled Spiderhunter that you can see in Kuala Lumpur (genus Arachnothera, Typical Spiderhunters) are Little Spiderhunter (about 10%) and Gray-breasted Spiderhunter (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Spectacled Spiderhunter is recorded against all the birds logged in Kuala Lumpur (252 verified sightings), calibrated against known sighting rates. Figures are rounded to the nearest 10% because citizen-science data supports honest approximations, not decimals, and months with records from fewer than five people show "—". How it works.
