Cinnamon-crested Spadebill

About the Cinnamon-crested Spadebill

The cinnamon-crested spadebill (Platyrinchus saturatus) is a species of bird in the family Tyrannidae, the tyrant flycatchers. It is found in Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Peru, Suriname, and Venezuela.

The cinnamon-crested spadebill has two subspecies, the nominate P. s. saturatus (Salvin & Godman, 1882), and P. s. pallidiventris (Novaes, 1968). The cinnamon-crested spadebill is 9 to 9.5 cm (3.5 to 3.7 in) long and weighs 8.8 to 15 g (0.31 to 0.53 oz). The sexes have the same plumage. Adults of the nominate subspecies have a mostly dark rufous-brown head with a partially concealed orange-rufous patch on the crown, a buffish white spot above the lores, and an inconspicuous pale eye-ring. Their back, rump, and uppertail coverts are dark rufous-brown. Their wings are mostly dark rufous-brown with a dusky patch at the base of the primaries and rufescent edges on all the flight feathers. Their tail is stubby and dark rufous-brown. Their throat is white, their breast and sides whitish washed with olive, and their belly pale yellow. Subspecies P. s. pallidiventris has a more orange-yellow crown patch, a darker olive breast... Wikipedia →