Spadebills are birds of the genus Platyrinchus, from Ancient Greek πλατύς (platús), meaning "flat", and ῥύγχος (rhúnkhos), meaning "bill", in the tyrant flycatcher family Tyrannidae. They live in Central and South America and have broad, flat, triangular bills.
The genus was erected by the French zoologist Anselme Gaëtan Desmarest in 1805 with the white-crested spadebill (Platyrinchus platyrhynchos) as the type species.
Species The genus contains seven species: Image Scientific name Common name Distribution 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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