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Genus of birds From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The spadebills are a genus, Platyrinchus, of Central and South American passerine birds in the tyrant flycatcher family Tyrannidae. They have broad, flat, triangular bills.
Spadebill | |
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Stub-tailed Spadebill (Platyrinchus cancrominus) | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Passeriformes |
Family: | Tyrannidae |
Genus: | Platyrinchus Desmarest, 1805 |
Type species | |
Platyrinchus fuscus[1] = Todus platyrhynchos Desmarest, 1805 |
The genus was erected by the French zoologist Anselme Gaëtan Desmarest in 1805 with the white-crested spadebill (Platyrinchus platyrhynchos) as the type species.[2][3] The name Platyrhynchos is from the Ancient Greek platus "broad" and rhunkhos "bill".[4]
The genus contains seven species:[5]
Image | Scientific name | Common Name | Distribution |
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Cinnamon-crested spadebill | Platyrinchus saturatus | Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Peru, Suriname, and Venezuela | |
![]() | Stub-tailed spadebill | Platyrinchus cancrominus | El Salvador to Costa Rica |
![]() | Yellow-throated spadebill | Platyrinchus flavigularis | Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Venezuela |
![]() | Golden-crowned spadebill | Platyrinchus coronatus | Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama, Peru, Suriname, and Venezuela |
![]() | White-throated spadebill | Platyrinchus mystaceus | from Costa Rica through South America to western Ecuador, Brazil, and northeastern Argentina |
![]() | White-crested spadebill | Platyrinchus platyrhynchos | Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Peru, Suriname, and Venezuela |
![]() | Russet-winged spadebill | Platyrinchus leucoryphus | Argentina, Brazil, and Paraguay |
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