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Genus: Platyrinchus (7 species)

Genus Platyrinchus, Spadebills, are tiny flycatchers with wide bills. Spadebills generally stay low and quiet in dark forests.


Stub-tailed Spadebill
Stub-tailed Spadebill (Platyrinchus cancrominus)
Range: MA: se, s Mexico to w Costa Rica
PN Camara, Puntarenas, Costa Rica   		   
Photograph by Jorge Obando Gutierrez   © Copyrighted, All Rights Reserved.


Golden-crowned Spadebill
Golden-crowned Spadebill (Platyrinchus coronatus superciliaris)
Range: MA, SA: Honduras to nw Ecuador, Amazonia
Darien National Park, Panama   		   
Photograph by Tom Friedel   © All Rights Reserved.

Additional photo.

Yellow-throated Spadebill
Yellow-throated Spadebill (Platyrinchus flavigularis flavigularis)
Range: SA: w Venezuela to e Peru
ProAves Cerulean Warbler Reserve, San Vicente de Chucuri, Santander, Colombia
  An immature. Adult is yellower in front with rufous, not brown, head. 		   
Photograph by Nigel Voaden   © All Rights Reserved.
A rare and local Andean species.

Russet-winged Spadebill
Russet-winged Spadebill (Platyrinchus leucoryphus) Vulnerable
Range: SA: e Paraguay, ne Argentina and se Brazil
REGUA, Cachoeiras de Macacu, RJ, Brazil   		   
Photograph by Nigel Voaden   © All Rights Reserved.


White-throated Spadebill
White-throated Spadebill (Platyrinchus mystaceus neglectus)
Range: MA, SA: Costa Rica to Bolivia and n, e, se SA
Auberge de Socorro, San Miguel, Costa Rica   		   
Photograph by Tom Friedel   © All Rights Reserved.


White-crested Spadebill
White-crested Spadebill (Platyrinchus platyrhynchos)
Range: SA: Amazonia
Brazil   		   
Photograph by Philip Stouffer   © All Rights Reserved.


Cinnamon-crested Spadebill
Cinnamon-crested Spadebill (Platyrinchus saturatus)
Range: SA: Amazonia
Brazil   		   
Photograph by Philip Stouffer   © All Rights Reserved.


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Experimental sites:       Peru       Venezuela       The World       Brazil       Bolivia
Really Experimental sites:       Guyana       Cuba