Stub-tailed Spadebill

Stub-tailed SpadebillThe Stub-tailed Spadebill is a small bird whose nest was observed in dry lowland forest in Costa Rica. At that nest, adults carried spiders and insects to the chicks.What does it look like?It has brown and pale green coloring, a white throat and a cream-to-yellow breast and belly. The conservation-area species page gives an approximate length of 10 cm.How does it live?The Stub-tailed Spadebill is a small bird whose nest was observed in dry lowland forest in Costa Rica. At that nest, adults carried spiders and insects to the chicks.At one nest observed in June 2022, adults delivered spiders, crickets, moths and caterpillars to the chicks. The nest was in low dry forest at Los Almendros, Sector El Hacha.Keeping it safeAn extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.