White-crested Spadebill (Platyrinchus platyrhynchos)

Family
Tyrannidae (Tyrant-flycatchers)

Size
11.40 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Gmelin, 1788)

Habitat
Subtropical and tropical dry and moist lowland forest. From sea-level - 900 m.

Range (Guide)

Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Peru, Suriname, Venezuela.

Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010).

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (18)...)

White-crested Spadebill (Platyrinchus platyrhynchos) [XC395118]
by Phil Stouffer from BDFFP, Amazonas state, Brazil (song)

White-crested Spadebill (Platyrinchus platyrhynchos) [XC568169]
by Jerome Fischer from Cabo Frio camp -- Biological Dynamics of Forest Fragments Project, Brazil (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 Guain��a and eastern Vaup�s, probably also eastern Vichada), southern Venezuela (Amazonas, Bol��var), the Guianas, and northern Amazonian Brazil (upper R Negro east to R Branco and northern Par�).
senex Sclater, PL & Salvin, 1880 - Eastern Ecuador, eastern Peru, extreme western Brazil (R Juru�) 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 Pur�s east to upper R Madeira and R Jiparan� (eastern Amazonas).
amazonicus von Berlepsch, 1912 - Eastern Amazonian Brazil south of Amazon, from left bank of R Tapaj�s east to northern Maranh�o.

References
See References.

Files:

JPG files for White-crested Spadebill (Platyrinchus platyrhynchos) - 10 files

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