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. 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. The recurvebills, S. ucayalae and S. striatus, were formerly placed in their own genus Simoxenops, and S. roraimae was formerly placed in the genus Automolus.
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 Automolus) Peruvian recurvebill, Syndactyla ucayalae Bolivian recurvebill, Syndactyla striatus