Golden-crowned Spadebill
Platyrinchus coronatus
- KingdomAnimalia (Animals)
- PhylumChordata (Cordats)
- ClassAves (Aus)
- OrderPasseriformes
- FamilyTyrannidae (Tirànids)
- GenusPlatyrinchus (Spadebills)
- SpeciesPlatyrinchus coronatus (Golden-crowned Spadebill)
The golden-crowned spadebill (Platyrinchus coronatus) is a species of bird in the family Tyrannidae, the tyrant flycatchers. It is found Central America from Honduras to Panama and in every mainland South American country except Argentina, Chile, Paraguay, and Uruguay. Wikipedia →
Closest Relatives at Gandoca-Manzanillo Wildlife Refuge
Great Kiskadee
Pitangus sulphuratus
Social Flycatcher
Myiozetetes similis
Tropical Kingbird
Tyrannus melancholicus
Boat-billed Flycatcher
Megarynchus pitangua
Common Tody-Flycatcher
Todirostrum cinereum
Eastern Wood-Pewee
Contopus virens
Bright-rumped Attila
Attila spadiceus
Gray-capped Flycatcher
Myiozetetes granadensis
Long-tailed Tyrant
Colonia colonus
Eastern Kingbird
Tyrannus tyrannus
Dusky-capped Flycatcher
Myiarchus tuberculifer
Black-capped Pygmy-Tyrant
Myiornis atricapillus
📅 Monthly Probability
Fewer than 5 records of Golden-crowned Spadebill at Gandoca-Manzanillo Wildlife Refuge — not enough to chart months honestly.
☀️ When They're Spotted
Most active during daytime hours (6am–6pm) · across all parks (global)
Global Distribution
Where this species is recorded worldwide. Restricted to human observations from 2019 onwards — the same kind of record and the same period the probabilities on this page are built from, so collar-tracking studies, camera-trap arrays and museum specimens are excluded. Around Santa Rosa that removes 5,924 GPS fixes from a handful of tagged jaguars.
where this species is recorded (GBIF density — it tracks where observers go, not how likely a sighting is) · parks where it occurs — tap a pin for the sighting probability there