White-crested spadebill

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White-crested spadebill

Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Tyrannidae
Genus: Platyrinchus
Species:
P. platyrhynchos
Binomial name
Platyrinchus platyrhynchos
(Gmelin, JF, 1788)

The white-crested spadebill (Platyrinchus platyrhynchos) is a species of

Tyrannidae. It is found in Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Peru, Suriname, and Venezuela. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests.[1]

Taxonomy

The white-crested spadebill was

Platyrinchus that was introduced in 1805 by Anselme Gaëtan Desmarest.[6][7]

Four subspecies are recognised:[7]

  • P. p. platyrhynchos (Gmelin, JF, 1788) – east Colombia through the Guianas and north Brazil
  • P. p. senex Sclater, PL & Salvin, 1880 – east Ecuador, east Peru, north Bolivia and extreme west Brazil
  • P. p. nattereri Hartert, EJO & Hellmayr, 1902 – central south Amazonian Brazil
  • P. p. amazonicus Berlepsch, 1912 – east Amazonian Brazil

References

  1. ^ . Retrieved 12 November 2021.
  2. ^ Gmelin, Johann Friedrich (1788). Systema naturae per regna tria naturae : secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis (in Latin). Vol. 1, Part 1 (13th ed.). Lipsiae [Leipzig]: Georg. Emanuel. Beer. p. 446.
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  4. ^ Pallas, Peter Simon (1769). Spicilegia zoologica : quibus novae imprimis et obscurae animalium species iconibus, descriptionibus atque commentariis illustrantur (in Latin). Berolini: Prostant apud Gottl. August. Lange. fasc. 6, p. 19, Plate 3, Fig. 2.
  5. ^ Traylor, Melvin A. Jr, ed. (1979). Check-List of Birds of the World. Vol. 8. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Museum of Comparative Zoology. p. 111.
  6. ^ Desmarest, Anselme Gaëtan (1805). Histoire naturelle des tangaras, des manakins et des todiers (in French). Paris. Livre 4 page 2, Plate 72 text.
  7. ^
    Rasmussen, Pamela, eds. (January 2023). "Tyrant flycatchers"
    . IOC World Bird List Version 13.1. International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 20 March 2023.