''Sclerurus'' is a bird

genus Genus (; : genera ) is a taxonomic rank above species and below family (taxonomy), family as used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In bino ...

in the ovenbird

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, Furnariidae. Members of this genus are commonly known as leaftossers or leafscrapers, and are found in

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and

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. They are close relatives of the miners (''

Geositta ''Geositta'' is a genus of passerine birds in the ovenbird (family), ovenbird family, Furnariidae. They are known as miners (not to be confused with the unrelated miners, ''Manorina'', of Australia) due to the tunnels they dig for nesting. There ...

''), which are essentially an open-country version of the leaftossers, being lighter in color and longer-legged. Other relatives might include the sharp-tailed streamcreeper of the

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genus ''Lochmias'' and some other Furnariidae of obscure relationships.

Species

The genus contains seven species:

References

External links

* * Bird genera Taxonomy articles created by Polbot Taxa named by William Swainson {{Furnariidae-stub