Eastern White-throated Spadebill (Platyrinchus mystaceus) | Details

Eastern White-throated Spadebill Platyrinchus mystaceus

Current view: Data table and detailed info

Taxonomy

Taxonomic note
Platyrinchus mystaceus and P. albogularis (del Hoyo and Collar 2016) were previously lumped as P. mystaceus following AOU (1998 & supplements), SACC (2005 & updates), Sibley & Monroe (1990, 1993) and Stotz et al. (1996).

Taxonomic source(s)
del Hoyo, J., Collar, N.J., Christie, D.A., Elliott, A., Fishpool, L.D.C., Boesman, P. and Kirwan, G.M. 2016. HBW and BirdLife International Illustrated Checklist of the Birds of the World. Volume 2: Passerines. Lynx Edicions and BirdLife International, Barcelona, Spain and Cambridge, UK.

IUCN Red List criteria met and history

Red List criteria met

Critically Endangered	Endangered	Vulnerable
-	-	-

Red List history

Year	Category	Criteria
2021	Least Concern
2016	Least Concern
2012	Not Recognised
2008	Not Recognised
2004	Not Recognised
2000	Not Recognised
1994	Not Recognised
1988	Not Recognised

Species attributes

Migratory status	not a migrant	Forest dependency	medium
Land-mass type		Average mass	10 g

Range

	Estimate	Data quality
Extent of Occurrence (breeding/resident)	11,200,000 km²	medium
Severely fragmented?	no	-

Population

	Estimate	Data quality	Derivation	Year of estimate
Population size	unknown	-	-	-
Population trend	decreasing	-	suspected	-
Generation length	2.72 years	-	-	-

Population justification: The global population size has not been quantified given recent taxonomic splits. Prior to being split, the species has been described as 'fairly common' (Stotz et al. 1996).

Trend justification: This species is undergoing a moderate decline (Partners in Flight 2019).

Country/territory distribution

Country/Territory	Presence	Origin	Resident
Argentina	extant	native	yes
Brazil	extant	native	yes
French Guiana	extant	native	yes
Guyana	extant	native	yes
Paraguay	extant	native	yes
Suriname	extant	native	yes
Trinidad and Tobago	extant	native	yes
Venezuela	extant	native	yes

Important Bird and Biodiversity Areas (IBA)

Country/Territory	IBA Name

Habitats & altitude

Habitat (level 1)	Habitat (level 2)	Importance	Occurrence
Forest	Subtropical/Tropical Dry	suitable	resident
Forest	Subtropical/Tropical Moist Lowland	major	resident
Forest	Subtropical/Tropical Moist Montane	major	resident
Shrubland	Subtropical/Tropical Dry	suitable	resident
Shrubland	Subtropical/Tropical Moist	suitable	resident
Altitude		Occasional altitudinal limits

Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Species factsheet: Eastern White-throated Spadebill Platyrinchus mystaceus. Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/species/factsheet/eastern-white-throated-spadebill-platyrinchus-mystaceus on 18/12/2024.
Recommended citation for factsheets for more than one species: BirdLife International (2024) IUCN Red List for birds. Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/species/search on 18/12/2024.