Editing Spiderhunter (section)

{{Short description|Genus of birds}}
{{Automatic taxobox
| name = Spiderhunters
| image = Little spiderhunter India.jpg
| image_caption = [[Little spiderhunter]]<br/>''Arachnothera longirostra''
| taxon = Arachnothera
| authority = [[Coenraad Jacob Temminck|Temminck]], 1826
| type_species = ''[[Yellow-eared spiderhunter|Nectarinia chrysogenys]]''<ref name=HM4>{{cite web |url= https://www.aviansystematics.org/4th-edition-checklist?viewfamilies=187 |title= Nectariniidae |author=<!--Not stated--> |date= |website= aviansystematics.org |publisher= The Trust for Avian Systematics |access-date= 2023-07-16}}</ref>
| type_species_authority = Temminck, 1826
| subdivision_ranks = Species
| subdivision = See text.
}}

The '''spiderhunters''' are birds of the [[genus]] '''''Arachnothera''''', part of the [[sunbird]] family [[Nectariniidae]]. The genus contains thirteen species found in the forests of south and southeastern Asia. They are large representatives of the sunbird family, with drab plumage and long strongly curved bills. They feed on both nectar and a range of small arthropods.