White-crested Spadebill

Platyrinchus platyrhynchos

IUCN: Least Concern

Taxonomy

Order
Passeriformes
Family
Tyrannidae
Genus
Platyrinchus
eBird Code
whcspa1

Subspecies (4)

  • Platyrinchus platyrhynchos amazonicus

    eastern Amazonian Brazil (Rio Tapajós eastward to Pará)

  • Platyrinchus platyrhynchos nattereri

    south-central Amazonian Brazil (Rio Purus to Rio Madeira and Rio Jiparaná)

  • Platyrinchus platyrhynchos platyrhynchos

    far eastern Colombia to southern Venezuela, the Guianas, and northern Brazil (upper Rio Negro eastward to Rio Branco and northern Pará)

  • Platyrinchus platyrhynchos senex

    eastern Ecuador to eastern Peru (Loreto), northwestern Bolivia, and far western Brazil

Data Sources

Taxonomy data from AviList 2025.