Arachnothera clarae
In 3 days <5% in a week ~10%
The naked-faced spiderhunter (Arachnothera clarae) is a species of bird in the family Nectariniidae, of the passerines order. It is endemic to the Philippines. In 2026, a paper was written by Nigel Collar, Matthew Halley and Robert Hutchinson suggesting that this is a species complex of three different species namely the Plush-lored Spiderhunter of Luzon, the Bare-banded Spiderhunter of Eastern Visayas and the Dark-lored Spiderhunter of Mindanao.
The naked-faced spiderhunter is a small to medium-sized passerine bird with a long, downward curved bill. The plumage is predominantly olive green, pale yellow on the abdomen, with olive yellow on the wings and faint streaking on the breast. A characteristic feature is a patch of orange bare skin at the base of the bill, which gives the species its name. Birds in the east-central part of the range have an additional naked patch just above the bill. The species somewhat resembles the orange-tufted spiderhunter, but is larger and darker underneath. The calls include a rough drill, "grrrrrrrrr!".
It is not clear who the bird's scientific species name clarae refers to, but it may be in memory of Clara Blasius (1878... Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
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| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
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| 1 | Manila | 🇵🇭 Philippines |
Rare
Under 5% of wildlife watchers report a Naked-faced Spiderhunter sighting in Manila on a given day, based on 52 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 126th most-seen of the 191 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to under 5%, and over a week to about 10%, if each day is a fresh chance.
January
In that month about 10% of wildlife watchers report a Naked-faced Spiderhunter in Manila on a given day, against under 5% in February to December, the lowest months.
Between 2 and 5 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Naked-faced Spiderhunter sightings with a recorded time, and about 9 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
Only Manila, in our data
Manila is the only city on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Naked-faced Spiderhunter sightings: under 5% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Naked-faced Spiderhunter is recorded against all the birds logged in Manila (52 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.
