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Genus of birds From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Syndactyla is a genus of foliage-gleaners, birds in the ovenbird family Furnariidae.
It has been suggested that Recurvebill be merged into this article. (Discuss) Proposed since August 2024. |
Syndactyla | |
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Buff-browed foliage-gleaner (Syndactyla rufosuperciliata) | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Passeriformes |
Family: | Furnariidae |
Genus: | Syndactyla Reichenbach, 1853 |
Type species | |
Xenops rufosuperciliatus Buff-browed foliage-gleaner Lafresnaye, 1832 | |
Species | |
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The genus Syndactyla was introduced in 1853 by the German naturalist Ludwig Reichenbach to accommodate the buff-browed foliage-gleaner.[1][2] The name combines the Ancient Greek sun meaning "together" with daktulos meaning "toe".[3] Members of this genus are most closely related to the foliage-gleaners in the genus Anabacerthia.[4][5] The recurvebills, S. ucayalae and S. striata, were formerly placed in their own genus Simoxenops,[4] and S. roraimae was formerly placed in the genus Automolus.[6]
The genus contains eight species:[7]
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