Syndactyla

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. striata, 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 striata