Little spiderhunter
(Bắp chuối mỏ dài, Arachnothera longirostra)
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.
This bird species is found in Bangladesh, Bhutan, Brunei, Cambodia, China, India, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Nepal, Philippines, Thailand, and Vietnam.
The genus name Arachnothera means "spider hunter".
Arachnothera
arachno- arachnid; arachnidial; spider.
Greek θήρα, ας, ἡ, thēra: hunting, the chase.
The species epithet refers to the long beak:
Latin longus: long;
rostra, rostrum: Latin for bill;
-rostris: Latin -billed.
