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white-throated spadebill
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An illustration of a white-throated spadebill (Platyrinchus mystaceus), a small brown and yellow bird with a distinctive broad bill, perched on a branch.
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white-throated spadebill

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Also known as: Platyrinchus mystaceus, stub-tailed spadebill
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  • White-throated spadebill (Platyrinchus mystaceus)
    spadebill

    …white-throated, or stub-tailed, spadebill (Platyrinchus mystaceus), scarcely 10 centimetres (4 inches) long, is the most widespread species; it inhabits forest undergrowth from southern Mexico to Argentina in southern South America.

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    …white-throated, or stub-tailed, spadebill (Platyrinchus mystaceus), scarcely 10 centimetres (4 inches) long, is the most widespread species; it inhabits forest undergrowth from southern Mexico to Argentina in southern South America.

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