Spadebill
Spadebills are birds of the genus Platyrinchus, from Ancient Greek πλατύς, meaning "flat", and ῥύγχος, 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 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 |