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title: "White-throated Spadebill"
description: "Platyrinchus mystaceus — Uccelli. The white-throated spadebill (Platyrinchus mystaceus) is a tiny passerine bird in the family Tyrannidae, the tyrant flycatchers."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/it/animal/white-throated-spadebill
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# White-throated Spadebill

> Platyrinchus mystaceus — Uccelli. The white-throated spadebill (Platyrinchus mystaceus) is a tiny passerine bird in the family Tyrannidae, the tyrant flycatchers.

- Scientific name: *Platyrinchus mystaceus*
- Category: `birds` (Uccelli)
- Habitats: `forest` (Foresta), `jungle` (Giungla)
- iNaturalist observations: 851
- Wikidata: [Q899244](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q899244)
- iNaturalist taxon: [16230](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/16230)

## Names

- en: White-throated Spadebill
- de: Gelbscheitel-Spatelschnabeltyrann
- es: Picochato enano
- fr: Platyrhynque à moustaches
- nl: Witkeelbreedbektiran
- pt: Patinho
- pl: Szerokodziobek żółtogłowy

## Countries with the most observations

BR (546), CR (89), AR (43), PA (29), TT (20), EC (18), CO (17), PY (14), PE (5)

## Summary

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.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White-throated_spadebill

## Photo

![White-throated Spadebill](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/white-throated-spadebill/medium.jpg)

Photo: filipeprates · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/339722477

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/white-throated-spadebill?lang=it` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).