NATURAL HISTORY · CATALOGUE RECORD
White-throated Spadebill
Platyrinchus mystaceus Vieillot, 1818
Source-backed taxonomic record
Accepted species in Catalogue of Life’s 11 September 2026 base release. This preserves the source classification and available supporting data; it is not a completed species monograph.
Open encyclopedia reference
The white-throated spadebill (Platyrinchus mystaceus) is a tiny passerine bird in the family Tyrannidae, the tyrant flycatchers. It is found in Costa Rica, Panama, on Trinidad and Tobago, and in every mainland South American country except Chile, French Guiana, Uruguay, and Suriname.
Wikipedia contributors, White-throated spadebill; see linked history · CC BY-SA 4.0 . Plain-text lead excerpt, at most 180 words; no infobox or later sections Retrieved 2026-10-05T08:01:19.976600+00:00. This reference remains separate from the taxonomic record.
Identity & source status
- Scientific name
- Platyrinchus mystaceus Vieillot, 1818
- Name authority
- Vieillot, 1818
- Common name
- White-throated Spadebill
- Rank
- species
- Accepted status
- accepted
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Aves
- Order
- Passeriformes
- Family
- Tyrannidae
- Genus
- Platyrinchus
- Extinction status
- Recorded extant
Classification family tree
Nested taxonomic groups from the source. This is not a direct-ancestor chain, a dated evolutionary tree or a phylogenetic reconstruction.
- domainEukaryota (Chatton, 1925) Whittaker & Margulis, 1978
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumChordata
- subphylumVertebrata
- infraphylumGnathostomata
- parvphylumOsteichthyes
- megaclassTetrapoda
- classAves
- orderPasseriformes
- familyTyrannidae
- genusPlatyrinchus Desmarest, 1805
- speciesPlatyrinchus mystaceus Vieillot, 1818
Close classified relatives
These entries share the source’s genus, Platyrinchus. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.
| Species | Classification | Source status |
|---|---|---|
| Stub-tailed SpadebillPlatyrinchus cancrominus P. L. Sclater & Salvin, 1860 | TyrannidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Cinnamon-crested SpadebillPlatyrinchus saturatus Salvin & Godman, 1882 | TyrannidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Golden-crowned SpadebillPlatyrinchus coronatus P. L. Sclater, 1858 | TyrannidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Yellow-throated SpadebillPlatyrinchus flavigularis P. L. Sclater, 1862 | TyrannidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Russet-winged SpadebillPlatyrinchus leucoryphus Wied-M. Neuwied, 1831 | TyrannidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| White-crested SpadebillPlatyrinchus platyrhynchos (J. F. Gmelin, 1788) | TyrannidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
Documented distribution
Source distribution statements, not a complete range map. A listed locality is not necessarily a place of origin.
South America
Source literature & publication evidence
References attached to this source record, including nomenclatural citations where supplied. This is a selected bibliography; abbreviated citations remain in the source’s form.
- https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=562260 Source fields: Taxon.tsv dwc:namePublishedIn, Taxon.tsv dcterms:references
Origins, evidence & remaining research
Name authority and publication references document nomenclature where the source supplies it. They do not establish evolutionary origins or the earliest fossil occurrence.
Specimen-level evidence, morphology, ecological research, phylogenetic studies, a comprehensive bibliography and a located literary passage have not yet been compiled for this record. A suitable sourced image remains to be added.
Dataset citation & attribution
This exact taxon in ChecklistBank · Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11
Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11; dataset 316321; doi:10.48580/dgz5n. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ . Retrieved 5 October 2026.
Stable key: col:4JXYM. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.