Whitehead's spiderhunter

Whitehead's spiderhunter
Conservation status
	; Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Passeriformes
Family:	Nectariniidae
Genus:	Arachnothera
Species:	A. juliae
Binomial name
	Arachnothera juliae; Sharpe, 1887

Whitehead's spiderhunter (Arachnothera juliae) is a species of bird in the family Nectariniidae. It is endemic to the island of Borneo.[2] Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist Montane forests. It is named after the British explorer John Whitehead (1860-1899) who collected natural history specimens in Borneo and elsewhere in Southeast Asia.[3]

References

BirdLife International (2012). "Arachnothera juliae". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2012. Retrieved 26 November 2013.old-form url
Phillipps, Quentin & Phillipps, Karen (2011). Phillipps' Field Guide to the Birds of Borneo. Oxford, UK: John Beaufoy Publishing. ISBN 978-1-906780-56-2.
Beolens, Bo (2003). Whose Bird? Men and Women commemorated in the common names of birds. London: Christopher Helm. pp. 364–365. ISBN 0-7136-6647-1.

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[1] BirdLife International (2012). "Arachnothera juliae". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2012. Retrieved 26 November 2013.old-form url

[2] Phillipps, Quentin & Phillipps, Karen (2011). Phillipps' Field Guide to the Birds of Borneo. Oxford, UK: John Beaufoy Publishing. ISBN 978-1-906780-56-2.

[3] Beolens, Bo (2003). Whose Bird? Men and Women commemorated in the common names of birds. London: Christopher Helm. pp. 364–365. ISBN 0-7136-6647-1.