The spadebills are a genus, Platyrinchus, of Central and South American passerine birds in the tyrant flycatcher family Tyrannidae. They 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.[1] [2] The name Platyrhynchos is from the Ancient Greek platus "broad" and rhunkhos "bill".[3]
The genus contains seven species:[4]
| Image | Scientific name | Common Name | Distribution |
|---|---|---|---|
| Platyrinchus saturatus | Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Peru, Suriname, and Venezuela | ||
| Platyrinchus cancrominus | El Salvador to Costa Rica | ||
| Platyrinchus flavigularis | Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Venezuela | ||
| Platyrinchus coronatus | Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama, Peru, Suriname, and Venezuela | ||
| Platyrinchus mystaceus | from Costa Rica through South America to western Ecuador, Brazil, and northeastern Argentina | ||
| Platyrinchus platyrhynchos | Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Peru, Suriname, and Venezuela | ||
| Platyrinchus leucoryphus | Argentina, Brazil, and Paraguay | ||