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Yellow-throated Spadebill

Platyrinchus flavigularis

Least Concern · IUCN Red List

LCLeast ConcernInvertebratesForestTiny · 10 g
Yellow-throated Spadebill (Platyrinchus flavigularis), photo 1
Photo: Christoph Moning · CC BY 4.0
Yellow-throated Spadebill (Platyrinchus flavigularis), photo 2
Photo: Christoph Moning · CC BY 4.0
Yellow-throated Spadebill (Platyrinchus flavigularis), photo 3
Photo: Christoph Moning · CC BY 4.0
Yellow-throated Spadebill (Platyrinchus flavigularis), photo 4
Photo: Christoph Moning · CC BY 4.0
Yellow-throated Spadebill (Platyrinchus flavigularis), photo 5
Photo: Christoph Moning · CC BY 4.0
Yellow-throated Spadebill (Platyrinchus flavigularis), photo 6
Photo: Christoph Moning · CC BY 4.0
Yellow-throated Spadebill (Platyrinchus flavigularis), photo 7
Photo: Christoph Moning · CC BY 4.0
Yellow-throated Spadebill (Platyrinchus flavigularis), photo 8
Photo: (c) Christoph Moning, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY

What the Yellow-throated Spadebill sounds like

Sonogram of the Yellow-throated Spadebill: time runs left to right, pitch bottom to top, and the brighter the mark the louder the sound.
Recorded by Niels Krabbe · Call · Morona-Santiago: w-slope Cord. de Cutucú, Ecuador · CC BY-SA 4.0 · via xeno-canto
Sonogram of the Yellow-throated Spadebill: time runs left to right, pitch bottom to top, and the brighter the mark the louder the sound.
Recorded by Niels Krabbe · Call, song, calls · Morona-Santiago: w-slope Cord. de Cutucú, Ecuador · CC BY-SA 4.0 · via xeno-canto

ID tip

The yellow-throated spadebill is 9.5 to 10.2 cm (3.7 to 4.0 in) long. It has a large head and a stubby tail. The sexes and subspecies have the same plumage. Adults have a mostly bright rufous-brown head with a partially hidden white patch in the center of the crown and a yellowish spot on the lores. Their upperparts are olive and their wings and tail are dusky olive. Their throat is bright yellow and their underparts mostly pale yellow with an indistinct olivaceous band across the breast. Voice: The yellow-throated spadebill's song is "a rapid, rising trill ending with a sharp squeak: brrrreeEEEE'PEW!" and its call "a loud, descending squeak" pew!".

Text from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

When to see the Yellow-throated Spadebill

One bar for each month. Filled bars are the 11 months with records; pale bars are months with none. The wide bar is July, the month with the most records.

Where to see the Yellow-throated Spadebill

Regular range

The map shades 4 countries with regular records. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.

Ecuador Peru Colombia Venezuela

About the Yellow-throated Spadebill

The yellow-throated spadebill is a species of bird in the family Tyrannidae, the tyrant flycatchers. It is found in Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Venezuela.

Text adapted from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

Easily confused with

Russet-winged Spadebill (Platyrinchus leucoryphus) Russet-winged SpadebillPlatyrinchus leucoryphusThe russet-winged spadebill is the largest member of its genus. Cinnamon-crested SpadebillPlatyrinchus saturatusThe cinnamon-crested spadebill is 9 to 9.5 cm (3.5 to 3.7 in) long and weighs 8.8 to 15 g (0.31 to 0.53 oz). White-crested Spadebill (Platyrinchus platyrhynchos) White-crested SpadebillPlatyrinchus platyrhynchosThe white-crested spadebill is 10.5 to 12 cm (4.1 to 4.7 in) long and weighs 11.5 to 13 g (0.41 to 0.46 oz).

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