Tyrant-flycatchers (Tyrannidae)
White-throated Spadebill (Platyrinchus mystaceus) - HBW 9, p. 341
French: Platyrhynque à moustaches
German: Gelbscheitel-Breitschnabeltyrann
Spanish: Picoplano Bigotudo
Other common names: Yellow-crested Spadebill (“nominate group”)
Taxonomy: Platyrhynchos mystaceus Vieillot, 1818, Paraguay.
Relationships within genus unclear, pending completion of major genetic study. Has sometimes been considered conspecific with P. cancrominus, but the two behave as separate species in Costa Rica. Races fall into two different types, the Central American-Andean “albogularis group” (including perijanus and zamorae) and the “nominate group” of lowlands (E from N Venezuelan insularis and tepui races and from N Bolivia); partridgei apparently intermediate between the two. Further work necessary in order to clarify taxonomic limits of these groups, .. View all taxonomy...
Taxonomy: Platyrhynchos mystaceus Vieillot, 1818, Paraguay.
Relationships within genus unclear, pending completion of major genetic study. Has sometimes been considered conspecific with P. cancrominus, but the two behave as separate species in Costa Rica. Races fall into two different types, the Central American-Andean “albogularis group” (including perijanus and zamorae) and the “nominate group” of lowlands (E from N Venezuelan insularis and tepui races and from N Bolivia); partridgei apparently intermediate between the two. Further work necessary in order to clarify taxonomic limits of these groups, as well as relationships within and between races with dark lower mandible (former group) and those with pale lower mandible (“nominate group”). Specimen from N Bolivia (Trinidad, in Beni) may belong to race bifasciatus, thus extending latter’s range far to W. Fourteen subspecies recognized.
Relationships within genus unclear, pending completion of major genetic study. Has sometimes been considered conspecific with P. cancrominus, but the two behave as separate species in Costa Rica. Races fall into two different types, the Central American-Andean “albogularis group” (including perijanus and zamorae) and the “nominate group” of lowlands (E from N Venezuelan insularis and tepui races and from N Bolivia); partridgei apparently intermediate between the two. Further work necessary in order to clarify taxonomic limits of these groups, as well as relationships within and between races with dark lower mandible (former group) and those with pale lower mandible (“nominate group”). Specimen from N Bolivia (Trinidad, in Beni) may belong to race bifasciatus, thus extending latter’s range far to W. Fourteen subspecies recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- neglectus (Todd, 1919) - Costa Rica, Panama, N & C Colombia (R Truandó, Santa Marta region, Boyaca) and NW Venezuela (W Táchira).
- perijanus Phelps, Sr & Phelps, Jr, 1954 - Sierra de Perijá, on Colombia-Venezuela border.
- albogularis P. L. Sclater, 1860 - W Colombia (Pacific slope of W Andes, Cauca Valley, head of Magdalena Valley) and W Ecuador.
- neglectus (Todd, 1919) - Costa Rica, Panama, N & C Colombia (R Truandó, Santa Marta region, Boyaca) and NW Venezuela (W Táchira).
- perijanus Phelps, Sr & Phelps, Jr, 1954 - Sierra de Perijá, on Colombia-Venezuela border.
- albogularis P. L. Sclater, 1860 - W Colombia (Pacific slope of W Andes, Cauca Valley, head of Magdalena Valley) and W Ecuador.
- zamorae (Chapman, 1924) - E Ecuador S along Andes to SE Peru (S to W Madre de Dios).
- partridgei Short, 1969 - extreme SE Peru (S Puno) and W & C Bolivia (La Paz, Cochabamba, SW Santa Cruz).
- insularis J. A. Allen, 1889 - N Venezuela (Falcón and Lara E to Sucre, and Orinoco Valley from NW Bolívar E to Delta Amacuro), Trinidad and Tobago, and locally in W Guyana and French Guiana.
- imatacae J. T. Zimmer & Phelps, Sr, 1945 - Sierra de Imataca, in NE Bolívar (E Venezuela).
- ptaritepui J. T. Zimmer & Phelps, Sr, 1946 - Sororopán-tepui, Ptari-tepui and Aprada-tepui, in SE Bolívar (SE Venezuela).
- duidae J. T. Zimmer, 1939 - S & SE Venezuela (Cerros Yaví, Duida and Roraima) and extreme N Brazil (N R Branco).
- ventralis Phelps, Sr & Phelps, Jr, 1955 - extreme S Venezuela (Cerro de la Neblina) and adjacent NW Brazil.
- bifasciatus J. A. Allen, 1889 - S Brazil (C Mato Grosso E to C Goiás), possibly also N Bolivia (Beni).
- mystaceus Vieillot, 1818 - SE Brazil (S Mato Grosso, C Paraná and W Santa Catarina S to Rio Grande do Sul), E Paraguay and NE Argentina (Misiones, Corrientes).
- cancromus Temminck, 1820 - E Brazil (interior Maranhão E to Ceará and N Bahia, S to E Paraná and E Santa Catarina).
- niveigularis Pinto, 1954 - coastal forests of NE Brazil (Paraíba S to Alagoas).
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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A bird moving and calling Locality Intervales State Park, São Paulo State, Brazil (ssp mystaceus)
Josep del Hoyo 30 June 2004 5 years ago 31 sec 4.7 -
A bird calling and jumping to another branch Locality Santa Teresa, Espirito Santo State, Brazil (ssp cancromus)
Josep del Hoyo 25 January 2005 4 years ago 31 sec 4.6 -
A close view of a bird incubating, then flying away Locality Orinoco River, Delta Amacuro, Venezuela (ssp insularis)
DAVID ASCANIO 30 April 2003 4 years ago 6 sec 4.5 -
An adult arriving to the nest to incubate two times Locality Buenaventura Reserve, El Oro Province, Ecuador (ssp zamorae)
Yanayacu Biological Station 2 February 2004 5 years ago 15 sec 4.2 -
A bird calling and moving on branches. Locality Serra de Baturité, Ceará State, Brazil (ssp cancromus)
Josep del Hoyo 2 October 2008 2 years ago 41 sec 4 -
A bird calling and changing branches. Locality Jaqueira (Frei Caneca Reserve), Pernambuco State, Brazil (ssp niveigularis)
Josep del Hoyo 11 October 2008 2 years ago 37 sec 3.4
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A bird on a branch.
Locality Serra de Baturité, Ceará State, Brazil (ssp cancromus)
Josep del Hoyo 2 October 2008 2 years ago 4 -
One adult bird on hand (FEENA).
Locality Rio Claro, São Paulo State, Brazil
Carlos Gussoni 25 October 2009 20 weeks ago 3.3 -
A bird in the hand. A mist net located to 30 meters from the forest edge. Close to road
Locality Buga, Valle del Cauca Department, Colombia
Sebastian Duque 7 October 2011 30 weeks ago 3.3 -
White-throated Spadebill (Platyrinchus mystaceus) in the hand
Locality Las Cruces Biological Station, San Vito, Puntarenas Province, Costa Rica (ssp neglectus)
Fred Werner 1 February 2002 2 years ago 3
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Calls Locality Itatiaia National Park, Brazil
(ssp mystaceus)
Bradley Davis 19 October 2007 2 years ago 0
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