Purple-naped spiderhunter

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The purple-naped spiderhunter or purple-naped sunbird (Kurochkinegramma hypogrammicum) is a species of bird in the family Nectariniidae. It is the only species in the genus Kurochkinegramma. It is found in Southeast Asia from Myanmar to Sumatra and Borneo. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests.

Purple-naped spiderhunter
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Passeriformes
Family:	Nectariniidae
Genus:	Kurochkinegramma Kashain, 1978
Species:	K. hypogrammicum
Binomial name
Kurochkinegramma hypogrammicum (Müller, S, 1843)

A study published in 2011 appeared to show that the purple-naped spiderhunter was phylogenetically nested within the genus Arachnothera.^[2] A subsequent 2017 study, conducted by some of the same authors and using additional sequence data, found that the purple-naped spiderhunter occupied a basal position to Arachnothera.^[3] It was formerly placed in the genus Hypogramma until it was realised that the name was preoccupied within Lepidoptera.^[4][5][6]