''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 Heinrich Gottlieb Ludwig Reichenbach (8 January 1793 – 17 March 1879) was a German botanist and ornithologist. It was he who first requested Leopold Blaschka to make a set of glass marine invertebrate models for scientific education and museu ...

to accommodate the buff-browed foliage-gleaner. The name combines the Ancient Greek ''sun'' meaning "together" with ''daktulos'' meaning "toe". Members of this genus are most closely related to the foliage-gleaners in the genus ''

Anabacerthia ''Anabacerthia'' is a genus of bird Birds are a group of warm-blooded vertebrates constituting the class Aves (), characterised by feathers, toothless beaked jaws, the laying of hard-shelled eggs, a high metabolic rate, a four-cham ...

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The recurvebills, ''S. ucayalae'' and ''S. striata,'' were formerly placed in their own genus ''Simoxenops,'' ''and S. roraimae'' was formerly placed in the genus ''

Automolus ''Automolus'' is a genus of bird in the ovenbird family Furnariidae. Taxonomy The genus ''Automolus'' was introduced in 1853 by the German naturalist Ludwig Reichenbach to accommodate the taxon ''Sphenura sulphurascens'' Lichtenstein, now tre ...

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Species

The genus contains eight species: * 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 ''

'') * Peruvian recurvebill, ''Syndactyla ucayalae'' *

Bolivian recurvebill The Bolivian recurvebill (''Syndactyla striatus'') is a bird species in the family Furnariidae. It is endemic to Bolivia. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forests and subtropical or tropical moist montane forests. It is beco ...

, ''Syndactyla striata''

References

Bird genera Taxonomy articles created by Polbot Taxa named by Ludwig Reichenbach {{Furnariidae-stub