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White-throated spadebill (Platyrinchus mystaceus)
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White-throated spadebill (Platyrinchus mystaceus)
White-throated spadebill (Platyrinchus mystaceus)

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spadebill, any of six species of New World flycatchers (family Tyrannidae, order Passeriformes) whose triangular bill is very broad and flat. The white-throated, or stub-tailed, spadebill (Platyrinchus mystaceus), scarcely 10 centimetres (4 inches) long, is the most widespread species; it inhabits forest undergrowth from southern Mexico to Argentina in southern South America.