Tyrant Flycatchers, Calyptura

Yellow-throated Spadebill

Platyrinchus flavigularis

The Yellow-throated Spadebill (Platyrinchus flavigularis) is a 10 g forest bird that eats mostly insects and other invertebrates. It stays put all year.

Family

Tyrant Flycatchers, Calyptura

Order

Passeriformes

Weight

10 g

Habitat

Forest

Diet

Invertebrates

Migration

Resident

Countries recorded

4

Recorded in Ecuador, Peru, Colombia, Venezuela.

Where to see it: WildSumaco Lodge (Ecuador).

Photo: (c) Christoph Moning, some rights reserved (CC BY) via iNaturalist