© Leandro Arias
© Jim Hoover
© Frantz Delcroix (Duzont)
© Francis Fekel

Golden-crowned Spadebill Platyrinchus coronatus

Sign in to see your badges

Identification

POWERED BY MERLIN

Tiny bird of forest undergrowth, named for exceptionally broad bill (difficult to see). Very small and short-tailed. Brownish-olive above and pale yellowish below, with black pattern on cheek. Throat and breast uniformly buffy, without contrasting white throat. Crown dull rufous with hidden golden center. Sexes alike. Gives a very high insectlike trill. Usually seen singly or in pairs, always in the lower levels of the forest. Inconspicuous.

POWERED BY MERLIN