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Spadebill

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Spadebill
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Spadebills are birds of the genus Platyrinchus, from Ancient Greek πλατύς (platús), meaning "flat", and ῥύγχος (rhúnkhos), meaning "bill",[2] in the tyrant flycatcher family Tyrannidae. They live in Central and South America and have broad, flat, triangular bills.

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The genus was erected by the French zoologist Anselme Gaëtan Desmarest in 1805 with the white-crested spadebill (Platyrinchus platyrhynchos) as the type species.[3][4]

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Species

The genus contains seven species:[5]

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