White-crested Spadebill Platyrinchus platyrhynchos Scientific name definitions
- LC Least Concern
- Names (23)
- Subspecies (4)
José Tello
Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020
Text last updated January 1, 2004
Text last updated January 1, 2004
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Species names in all available languages
| Language | Common name |
|---|---|
| Catalan | tirà becplaner crestablanc |
| Dutch | Witkuifbreedbektiran |
| English | White-crested Spadebill |
| English (United States) | White-crested Spadebill |
| French | Platyrhynque à cimier blanc |
| French (France) | Platyrhynque à cimier blanc |
| German | Silberkopf-Spatelschnabeltyrann |
| Japanese | ヒラハシタイランチョウ |
| Norwegian | gråhodespadenebb |
| Polish | szerokodziobek białogłowy |
| Portuguese (Brazil) | patinho-de-coroa-branca |
| Portuguese (Portugal) | Patinho-de-coroa-branca |
| Russian | Белохохлый плоскоклюв |
| Serbian | Beloćuba ašovokljunka |
| Slovak | pluhárik striebrohlavý |
| Spanish | Picoplano Crestiblanco |
| Spanish (Ecuador) | Picochato Crestiblanco |
| Spanish (Peru) | Pico-Chato de Cresta Blanca |
| Spanish (Spain) | Picoplano crestiblanco |
| Spanish (Venezuela) | Pico Chato Cabecigrís |
| Swedish | vitkronad spadnäbb |
| Turkish | Ak Tepeli Genişgaga |
| Ukrainian | Лопатодзьоб білоголовий |
Platyrinchus platyrhynchos (Gmelin, 1788)
PROTONYM:
[Todus] platyrhynchos
Gmelin, 1788. Systema Naturae. Editio decima tertia, aucta, reformata. Cura Jo. Frid. Gmelin (etc.). Tomus I [pars I], p.446.
TYPE LOCALITY:
locality unknown; Rio de Janeiro suggested by Hellmayr, 1927, Field Mus. Nat. Hist., Zool. Ser., 13, pt. 5, p. 262; error, Surinam suggested by Meise, 1954, Auk, 71, p. 285.
SOURCE:
Avibase, 2023
Definitions
- PLATYRINCHUS
- platyrincha / platyrinchus
- platyrhynchos / platyrhynchum
- Platyrhynchos
The Key to Scientific Names
Legend Overview
UPPERCASE: current genus
Uppercase first letter: generic synonym
● and ● See: generic homonyms
lowercase: species and subspecies
●: early names, variants, misspellings
‡: extinct
†: type species
Gr.: ancient Greek
L.: Latin
<: derived from
syn: synonym of
/: separates historical and modern geographic names
ex: based on
TL: type locality
OD: original diagnosis (genus) or original description (species)
Originally Appeared in
- Year-round
- Migration
- Breeding
- Non-Breeding
Distribution of the White-crested Spadebill
