Synallaxis

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The genus Synallaxis was introduced in 1818 by the French ornithologist Louis Pierre Vieillot.{{ cite book | last=Vieillot | first=Louis Pierre | author-link=Louis Pierre Vieillot | year=1818 | title=Nouveau dictionnaire d'histoire naturelle, appliquée aux arts, à l'agriculture, à l'économie rurale et domestique, à la médecine, etc. | edition=Nouvelle édition | volume=24 | location=Paris | publisher=Deterville | page=117 | doi=10.5962/bhl.title.20211 | language=French |url=https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/45177361 }} The name is from the Ancient Greek sunallaxis meaning "exchange".{{cite book | last=Jobling | first=James A. | year=2010| title=The Helm Dictionary of Scientific Bird Names | publisher=Christopher Helm | location=London | isbn=978-1-4081-2501-4 | page=376 |url=https://archive.org/stream/Helm_Dictionary_of_Scientific_Bird_Names_by_James_A._Jobling#page/n376/mode/1up }} Vieillot did not specify a type species but in 1840 George Gray designated the rufous-capped spinetail.{{ cite book | last=Gray | first=George Robert | author-link=George Robert Gray | year=1840 | title=A List of the Genera of Birds : with an Indication of the Typical Species of Each Genus | location=London | publisher=R. and J.E. Taylor | page=17 |url=https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13668911 }}{{ cite book | editor-last=Peters | editor-first=James Lee | editor-link=James L. Peters | year=1951 | title=Check-List of Birds of the World | volume=7 | publisher=Museum of Comparative Zoology | location=Cambridge, Massachusetts | page=80 |url=https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/14480417 }}

The genus contains 37 species:{{cite web| editor1-last=Gill | editor1-first=Frank | editor1-link=Frank Gill (ornithologist) | editor2-last=Donsker | editor2-first=David | editor3-last=Rasmussen | editor3-first=Pamela | editor3-link=Pamela Rasmussen | date=July 2023 | title=Ovenbirds, woodcreepers | work=IOC World Bird List Version 13.2 |url=https://www.worldbirdnames.org/bow/ovenbirds/ | publisher=International Ornithologists' Union | access-date=6 August 2023 }}

Formerly, some authorities also considered the following species as species within the genus Synallaxis:

• White-browed spinetail (as Synallaxis gularis){{Cite web|url=http://avibase.bsc-eoc.org/species.jsp?avibaseid=3FACD55E6DCC281C|title=Hellmayrea gularis – Avibase|website=avibase.bsc-eoc.org|access-date=15 April 2017}}
• Chotoy spinetail (as Synallaxis phryganophila){{cite journal|last1=Derryberry|first1=Elizabeth P.|last2=Claramunt|first2=Santiago|last3=Derryberry|first3=Graham|last4=Chesser|first4=R. Terry|last5=Cracraft|first5=Joel|last6=Aleixo|first6=Alexandre|last7=Pérez-Emán|first7=Jorge|last8=Remsen Jr.|first8=J. V.|last9=Brumfield|first9=Robb T.|title=Lineage diversification and morphological evolution in a large-scale continental radiation: the Neotropical ovenbirds and woodcreepers (Aves: Furnariidae)|journal=Evolution|volume=65|issue=10|year=2011|pages=2973–2986|issn=0014-3820|doi=10.1111/j.1558-5646.2011.01374.x|pmid=21967436| doi-access=free|bibcode=2011Evolu..65.2973D }}
• White-bellied spinetail (as Synallaxis propinqua){{cite journal | last=Claramunt | first=Santiago | title=Phylogenetic relationships among Synallaxini spinetails (Aves: Furnariidae) reveal a new biogeographic pattern across the Amazon and Paraná river basins|journal=Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution | volume=78 | year=2014 | pages=223–231 |doi=10.1016/j.ympev.2014.05.011| pmid=24867462 | bibcode=2014MolPE..78..223C }}

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• [https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=558270 Synallaxis.] Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).
• [http://www.birdlife.org/datazone/sowbsearchresults.php?a=ns&SearchTerms=synallaxis Synallaxis species.] BirdLife International.

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Category:Bird genera

Category:Taxa named by Louis Pierre Vieillot

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