White-throated spadebill
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The white-throated spadebill is a tiny passerine bird in the family Tyrannidae, the tyrant flycatchers. It is found in Costa Rica, Panama, on Trinidad and Tobago, and in every mainland South American
"Platyrinchus mystaceus" White throated Spadebill, Gelbscheitel Breitschnabeltyrann
White-throated spadebill (above), and yellow-throated spadebill (below); illustration by Joseph Smit, 1888
Mixed-species foraging flock
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A mixed-species feeding flock, also termed a mixed-species foraging flock, mixed hunting party or informally bird wave, is a flock of usually insectivorous birds of different species that join each ot
White-throated spadebill
…The white-throated spadebill is a year-round resident. The white-throated spadebill feeds on arthropods. It typically forages in pairs, rarely joins mixed-species feeding flocks (though more often in Colombia), and occasionally attends army ant swarms. It feeds mostly in dense vegetation in the forest's understory. It sits…
Black-headed gulls, bar-tailed godwits and sanderlings foraging on a beach
Mixed-species flock containing American herring gull, royal tern, laughing gull, and black skimmer foraging on a beach
Mixed-species flock containing Lapland longspur, horned lark, and snow bunting foraging in the snow
Mixed-species finch flock including long-tailed finch, masked finch, and Gouldian finch at Ferguson River in Australia