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[[Image:Yellow-throated Spadebill - Platyrinchus flavigularis 2.JPG|thumb|550px|right|Photo by {{user|COLOMBIA+Birding|COLOMBIA Birding}}<br />Eastern Andes, [[Colombia]], June 2013]] | [[Image:Yellow-throated Spadebill - Platyrinchus flavigularis 2.JPG|thumb|550px|right|Photo by {{user|COLOMBIA+Birding|COLOMBIA Birding}}<br />Eastern Andes, [[Colombia]], June 2013]] | ||
;[[:Category:Platyrinchus|Platyrinchus]] flavigularis | ;[[:Category:Platyrinchus|Platyrinchus]] flavigularis | ||
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==Identification== | ==Identification== | ||
| − | + | 9.5-10.2cm | |
| + | * Rufous-brown head | ||
| + | * Yellowish loral spot | ||
| + | * White coronal patch with black feather tips (usually not visible in field) | ||
| + | * Olive upperparts, duskier on wings and tail | ||
| + | * Pale yellow underparts with smudgy olivaceous breastband | ||
| + | * Broad and flat bill, blackish above, pale below | ||
| + | Sexes similar, juveniles undescribed. | ||
==Distribution== | ==Distribution== | ||
| − | [[South America]]: found in [[Colombia]], [[Venezuela]] and [[Peru]]. | + | [[South America]]: found in [[Colombia]], [[Venezuela]], [[Ecuador]] and [[Peru]].<br /> |
| + | Patchily distributed. | ||
==Taxonomy== | ==Taxonomy== | ||
====Subspecies==== | ====Subspecies==== | ||
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:*Sierra de Perijá (Colombia/Venezuela border) | :*Sierra de Perijá (Colombia/Venezuela border) | ||
==Habitat== | ==Habitat== | ||
| − | + | Undergrowth in cloud forest.<br /> | |
| + | Found at 1250-2100m in [[Venezuela]], 1800-2300m in [[Colombia]] and 750-1700m in [[Ecuador]]. | ||
==Behaviour== | ==Behaviour== | ||
| + | A very difficult to see species. Perches motionless in the open for long periods.<br /> | ||
| + | Diet little known. Feeds probably on arthropods.<br /> | ||
| + | Birds in breeding condition were seen in [[Venezuela]] from April to June. No other information about breeding.<br /> | ||
| + | A resident species. | ||
==References== | ==References== | ||
| − | #{{Ref-Clements6thOct12}} | + | #{{Ref-Clements6thOct12}}#{{Ref-HBWVol9}} |
{{ref}} | {{ref}} | ||
==External Links== | ==External Links== | ||
{{GSearch|Platyrinchus+flavigularis}} | {{GSearch|Platyrinchus+flavigularis}} | ||
| − | [[Category:Birds | + | [[Category:Birds]] [[Category:Platyrinchus]] |
Revision as of 17:18, 7 July 2013
- Platyrinchus flavigularis
Identification
9.5-10.2cm
- Rufous-brown head
- Yellowish loral spot
- White coronal patch with black feather tips (usually not visible in field)
- Olive upperparts, duskier on wings and tail
- Pale yellow underparts with smudgy olivaceous breastband
- Broad and flat bill, blackish above, pale below
Sexes similar, juveniles undescribed.
Distribution
South America: found in Colombia, Venezuela, Ecuador and Peru.
Patchily distributed.
Taxonomy
Subspecies
There are 2 subspecies[1]
- P. f. flavigularis:
- P. f. vividus:
- Sierra de Perijá (Colombia/Venezuela border)
Habitat
Undergrowth in cloud forest.
Found at 1250-2100m in Venezuela, 1800-2300m in Colombia and 750-1700m in Ecuador.
Behaviour
A very difficult to see species. Perches motionless in the open for long periods.
Diet little known. Feeds probably on arthropods.
Birds in breeding condition were seen in Venezuela from April to June. No other information about breeding.
A resident species.
References
- Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, B.L. Sullivan, C. L. Wood, and D. Roberson. 2012. The eBird/Clements Checklist of Birds of the World. 6th ed., with updates to October 2012. Ithaca: Cornell Univ. Press. ISBN 978-0801445019. Spreadsheet available at http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/downloadable-clements-checklist
- Del Hoyo, J, A Elliot, and D Christie, eds. 2004. Handbook of the Birds of the World. Volume 9: Cotingas to Pipits and Wagtails. Barcelona: Lynx Edicions. ISBN 978-8487334696
Recommended Citation
- BirdForum Opus contributors. (2024) Yellow-throated Spadebill. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 1 June 2024 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Yellow-throated_Spadebill
