Automolus

Automolus
Buff-throated Foliage-gleaner (Automolus ochrolaemus)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Furnariidae
Genus: Automolus
L. Reichenbach, 1853

Automolus is a genus of bird in the Furnariidae family.

Species

The White-throated Foliage-gleaner has been placed in this genus, but behavior, voice and morphology all point to it belonging in Syndactyla.[3] Evidence also suggests that the Santa Marta Foliage-gleaner possibly should be moved to Hylocryptus.[2]

References

  1. ^ Zimmer, K. J. (2008). The White-eyed Foliage-gleaner (Furnariidae: Automolus) is two species. Wilson Journal of Ornithology 120: 10-25.
  2. ^ a b Krabbe, N. (2008). Vocal evidence for restitution of species rank to a Santa Marta endemic: Automolus rufipectus Bangs (Furnariidae), with comments on its generic affinities. Bull. B.O.C. 128(4): 219-227
  3. ^ Zimmer, K. J., Robbins, M. B., & Kopuchiam, C. (2008). Taxonomy, vocalisations, syringeal morphology and natural history of Automolus roraimae (Furnariidae). Bulletin B.O.U. 128: 187-206.