White-throated Spadebill (Platyrinchus mystaceus)
About the White-throated Spadebill
The white-throated spadebill (Platyrinchus mystaceus) is a tiny passerine bird in the family Tyrannidae, the tyrant flycatchers. It is found in Costa Rica, Panama, on Trinidad and Tobago, and in every mainland South American country except Chile, French Guiana, Uruguay, and Suriname. The white-throated spadebill's taxonomy has not been settled. The International Ornithological Committee (IOC), the Clements taxonomy, and the American Ornithological Society (AOS) assign it these 14 subspecies:
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2 recordings on this page · licensed CC BY ×2 · mirrored on this server, free for commercial reuse · recorded in Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador and elsewhere · xeno-canto lists 307 recordings for this species in total.
Similar species
- Cinnamon-crested SpadebillPlatyrinchus saturatusrecording
- Golden-crowned SpadebillPlatyrinchus coronatusrecording
- Russet-winged SpadebillPlatyrinchus leucoryphusprofile
- Stub-tailed SpadebillPlatyrinchus cancrominusprofile
- White-crested SpadebillPlatyrinchus platyrhynchosprofile
- Yellow-throated SpadebillPlatyrinchus flavigularisrecording
Species grouped by shared genus, family and range.