White-throated Spadebill

Platyrinchus mystaceus

IUCN: Not Evaluated

Taxonomy

Order
Passeriformes
Family
Tyrannidae
Genus
Platyrinchus
eBird Code
whtspa1

Vocalizations

Fernando Sessegolo · CC0_1_0
Ben Costamagna · CC_BY_4_0
Evan Centanni · CC0_1_0
Fernando Sessegolo · CC0_1_0
Pablo H Capovilla · CC_BY_4_0

Subspecies (14)

  • Platyrinchus mystaceus albogularis

    Colombia (western Andes and Cauca Valley) to western Ecuador

  • Platyrinchus mystaceus bifasciatus

    southern Brazil (central Mato Grosso to central Goiás)

  • Platyrinchus mystaceus cancromus

    eastern Brazil (Maranhão to Ceará, northern Bahia, and eastern Paraná)

  • Platyrinchus mystaceus duidae

    tepuis of southeastern Venezuela and adjacent northern Brazil

  • Platyrinchus mystaceus imatacae

    southern Venezuela (Sierra de Imataca in Bolívar)

  • Platyrinchus mystaceus insularis

    northern Venezuela, and Trinidad and Tobago

  • Platyrinchus mystaceus mystaceus

    southeastern Brazil to eastern Paraguay and northeastern Argentina

  • Platyrinchus mystaceus neglectus

    eastern Costa Rica to eastern Colombia and far northwestern Venezuela

  • Platyrinchus mystaceus niveigularis

    coastal northeastern Brazil (Paraíba to Alagoas)

  • Platyrinchus mystaceus partridgei

    east slope of the Andes of southeastern Peru (northward at least to Cusco) and Bolivia (southward to western Santa Cruz)

  • Platyrinchus mystaceus perijanus

    subtropical Sierra de Perijá (Colombia/Venezuela border)

  • Platyrinchus mystaceus ptaritepui

    tepuis of southeastern Venezuela (southeastern Bolívar)

  • Platyrinchus mystaceus ventralis

    southern Venezuela (Cerro de la Neblina) and adjacent Brazil

  • Platyrinchus mystaceus zamorae

    Andes of eastern Ecuador and northern and central Peru (southward at least to Junín)

Data Sources

Bird images and sounds sourced from GBIF, contributed by citizen scientists worldwide under Creative Commons licenses.

Taxonomy data from AviList 2025.