Cinnamon-crested Spadebill - BirdForum Opus

Photo by Luiz
Cristalino Jungle Lodge, Mato Grosso, Brazil, September 2014

Platyrinchus saturatus

Identification

10cm
Male

• Umber upperparts
• Small orange head patch
• Dull black wings
• White chin and throat
• Brownish-grey sides to breast
• Yellow underparts
• Black bill
• Pinkish-grey legs
  

Female: similar but lacks orange head patch

Distribution

South America: found in Colombia, Venezuela, Guyana, Suriname, French Guiana, Ecuador, Peru and Brazil.

Taxonomy

Subspecies

There are 2 subspecies^[1]:

• P. s. saturatus:

• Eastern Colombia to southern Venezuela, the Guianas and northern Amazonian Brazil

• P. s. pallidiventris:

• Brazil on south bank of the Amazon (Rio Tapajós to northern Maranhão)

Habitat

Brushy undergrowth of Amazonian rain forest.

Behaviour

Their diet includes anthropods. They may also join mixed species flocks at army ant swarms.

References

1. Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, D. Roberson, T. A. Fredericks, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2014. The eBird/Clements checklist of birds of the world: Version 6.9., with updates to August 2014. Downloaded from http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
2. Avibase
3. Avibirds
4. Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (retrieved February 2015)

• List of references

Recommended Citation

• BirdForum Opus contributors. (2024) Cinnamon-crested Spadebill. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 6 May 2024 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Cinnamon-crested_Spadebill

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