Thick-billed Spiderhunter
Sime Road

05 Oct 2007

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General details

Species	Thick-billed Spiderhunter Arachnothera crassirostris
Record ID	884
Date	05 Oct 2007
Location	Sime Road
Count	1 individual
Date added	25 Oct 2021

This is one of 5 accepted records of Thick-billed Spiderhunter in our database.

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Record accepted.

Committee's view

Background
Lim (2009) cites James Heng (in litt). The description was shared in the YahooGroup, reproduced here: "the solid yellow patches above and below its eye were readily apparent. Even the feather barbs on the bird's head could be clearly seen! Its crown was olive green (not grey) while its throat and the rest of the belly was yellow (not white). It was a THICK BILLED SPIDERHUNTER! It was larger than the usual sunbirds and it's bill was longer and thicker at the end compared to a sunbird.".

Background

Lim (2009) cites James Heng (in litt). The description was shared in the YahooGroup, reproduced here: "the solid yellow patches above and below its eye were readily apparent. Even the feather barbs on the bird's head could be clearly seen! Its crown was olive green (not grey) while its throat and the rest of the belly was yellow (not white). It was a THICK BILLED SPIDERHUNTER! It was larger than the usual sunbirds and it's bill was longer and thicker at the end compared to a sunbird.".

Verdict	Accepted / Wild (Verifiable)

References (see all)

References	Lim, 2009
Lim (2009)	Record is present in source

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