spadebill

English

Noun

spadebill (plural spadebills)

1. Any of the birds in the genus Platyrinchus
   • 2021 January 3, “Secret birds of Tobago”, in Trinidad and Tobago Newsday‎^[1]:

     Birds which tend to stick to the canopy are seldom seen without considerable neck pain; but there are several species which occupy a niche close to the forest floor and are just as infrequently encountered, such as the diminutive white-throated spadebill.

Derived terms

• golden-crowned spadebill
• white-crested spadebill
• yellow-throated spadebill