Syndactyla

Syndactyla
	Buff-browed foliage-gleaner (Syndactyla rufosuperciliata)
Scientific classification
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
	See text

Syndactyla is a genus of foliage-gleaners, birds in the ovenbird family Furnariidae.

Taxonomy

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]

The genus contains eight species:^[4]

Lineated foliage-gleaner, Syndactyla subalaris
Guttulate foliage-gleaner, Syndactyla guttulata
Buff-browed foliage-gleaner, Syndactyla rufosuperciliata
Rufous-necked foliage-gleaner, Syndactyla ruficollis
Planalto foliage-gleaner, Syndactyla dimidiata
Tepui foliage-gleaner, Syndactyla roraimae (formerly placed in Automolus)^[5]
Peruvian recurvebill, Syndactyla ucayalae
Bolivian recurvebill, Syndactyla striatus

^ Reichenbach, Ludwig (1853). "Icones ad synopsin avium No. 10 Scansoriae A". Handbuch der speciellen Ornithologie (in German). Dresden und Leipzig: Expedition Vollständigsten Naturgeschichte. pp. 145–218 [171].
^ Peters, James Lee, ed. (1951). Check-List of Birds of the World. Vol. 7. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Museum of Comparative Zoology. p. 124.
^ Jobling, James A. (2010). The Helm Dictionary of Scientific Bird Names. London: Christopher Helm. p. 376. ISBN 978-1-4081-2501-4.
^ Gill, Frank; Donsker, David; Rasmussen, Pamela, eds. (January 2021). "Ovenbirds, woodcreepers". IOC World Bird List Version 11.1. International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 29 June 2021.
^ Zimmer, K.J.; Robbins, M.B.; Kopuchian, C. (2008). "Taxonomy, vocalisations, syringeal morphology and natural history of Automolus roraimae (Furnariidae)". Bulletin of the British Ornithologists' Club. 128: 187–206.

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