| 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 | |
Thespadebills are agenus,Platyrinchus, of Central and South Americanpasserine birds in the tyrant flycatcher familyTyrannidae. They have broad, flat, triangular bills.
The genus was erected by the French zoologistAnselme Gaëtan Desmarest in 1805 with thewhite-crested spadebill (Platyrinchus platyrhynchos) as thetype species.[2][3] The namePlatyrhynchos is from theAncient Greekplatus "broad" andrhunkhos "bill".[4]
The genus contains seven species:[5]
| 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 |
.jpg) | 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 |
.jpg) | White-throated spadebill | Platyrinchus mystaceus | from Costa Rica through South America to western Ecuador, Brazil, and northeastern Argentina |
.jpg) | 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 |
