White-throated Spadebill
Platyrinchus mystaceus
- KingdomAnimalia (Animals)
- PhylumChordata (Cordats)
- ClassAves (Aus)
- OrderPasseriformes
- FamilyTyrannidae (Tirànids)
- GenusPlatyrinchus (Spadebills)
- SpeciesPlatyrinchus mystaceus (White-throated Spadebill)
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 →
Closest Relatives at Rincón de la Vieja National Park
Stub-tailed Spadebill
Platyrinchus cancrominus
Golden-crowned Spadebill
Platyrinchus coronatus
Great Kiskadee
Pitangus sulphuratus
Brown-crested Flycatcher
Myiarchus tyrannulus
Social Flycatcher
Myiozetetes similis
Tropical Kingbird
Tyrannus melancholicus
Dusky-capped Flycatcher
Myiarchus tuberculifer
Boat-billed Flycatcher
Megarynchus pitangua
Yellow-olive Flycatcher
Tolmomyias sulphurescens
Bright-rumped Attila
Attila spadiceus
Ochre-bellied Flycatcher
Mionectes oleagineus
Sulphur-bellied Flycatcher
Myiodynastes luteiventris
📅 Monthly Probability
Fewer than 5 records of White-throated Spadebill at Rincón de la Vieja National Park — 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