White-crested Spadebill (Platyrinchus platyrhynchos) [XC556514]
by Cameron Rutt from S\u00edtio do Seu Esdras - M. Direita, Brazil (chamado\/canto)
White-crested Spadebill (Platyrinchus platyrhynchos) [XC316500]
by Phil Stouffer from camp Aya, Trinit\u00e9 Nature Reserve, French Guiana (song)
Subspecies
Relationships within genus unclear, pending completion of major genetic study. Additional work needed in order to clarify taxonomic limits of subspecies.
The following 4 subspecies are recognised:
platyrhynchos (Gmelin, 1788) - Eastern Colombia (eastern Guainía and eastern Vaupés, probably also eastern Vichada), southern Venezuela (Amazonas, Bolívar), the Guianas, and northern Amazonian Brazil (upper R Negro east to R Branco and northern Pará).
senex Sclater, PL & Salvin, 1880 - Eastern Ecuador, eastern Peru, extreme western Brazil (R Juruá) and northern Bolivia (south to La Paz, south-western Beni, and north-eastern Santa Cruz).
nattereri Hartert & Hellmayr, 1902 - South-central Amazonian Brazil, from lower R Purús east to upper R Madeira and R Jiparaná (eastern Amazonas).
amazonicus von Berlepsch, 1912 - Eastern Amazonian Brazil south of Amazon, from left bank of R Tapajós east to northern Maranhío.