Spadebill
The spadebills are a genus, Platyrinchus, of Central and South American passerine birds in the tyrant flycatcher family Tyrannidae. They have broad, flat, triangular bills.
| Spadebill | |
|---|---|
| Stub-tailed Spadebill (Platyrinchus cancrominus) | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Tyrannidae |
| Genus: | Platyrinchus Desmarest, 1805 |
| Type species | |
| Platyrinchus fuscus = Todus platyrhynchos Desmarest, 1805 | |
The genus was erected by the French zoologist Anselme Gaëtan Desmarest in 1805 with the white-crested spadebill (Platyrinchus platyrhynchos) as the type species. The name Platyrhynchos is from the Ancient Greek platus "broad" and rhunkhos "bill".
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