cinclodes

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| name = Cinclodes

| image = Cinclodes fuscus Argentina.jpg

| image_caption = Buff-winged cinclodes (C. fuscus) in Argentina

| taxon = Cinclodes

| authority = G.R. Gray, 1840

| type_species = Motacilla patagonica

| type_species_authority = Gmelin, 1789

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Cinclodes is a genus of passerine birds belonging to the ovenbird family Furnariidae. There are about a dozen species distributed across the southern and Andean regions of South America. They are terrestrial birds of open habitats, typically found near water such as mountain streams or the seashore where they forage for small invertebrates. They are stocky birds with strong legs and feet and pointed, slightly downcurved bills. The plumage is inconspicuous and mainly brown, often with a pale wingbar, stripe over the eye and corners to the tail. They have loud, trilling songs and often raise their wings while singing.

Taxonomy

The genus Cinclodes was introduced in 1840 by the English zoologist George Robert Gray.{{ 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=16 | url=https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13668910 }} The name combines the Ancient Greek kinklos, a word for an unknown waterside bird, with -oidēs meaning "resembling".{{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=107 | url=https://archive.org/stream/Helm_Dictionary_of_Scientific_Bird_Names_by_James_A._Jobling#page/n107/mode/1up }} In 1855 Gray specified the type species as the dark-bellied cinclodes, a species that had been described in 1889 by Gmelin under the binomial name Motacilla patagonica.{{ cite book | last=Gray | first=George Robert | author-link=George Robert Gray | year=1855 | title=Catalogue of the Genera and Subgenera of Birds Contained in the British Museum | location=London | publisher=British Museum | page=26 | url=https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/17136646 }}{{ 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=65 | url=https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/14480402 }}

The genus contains 15 extant 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=January 2023 | title=Ovenbirds, woodcreepers | work=IOC World Bird List Version 13.1 | url=https://www.worldbirdnames.org/bow/ovenbirds/ | publisher=International Ornithologists' Union | access-date=6 March 2023 }}

Image	Common name	Scientific Name	Distribution
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125px	Long-tailed cinclodes	Cinclodes pabsti	southern Atlantic Forest and Espinhaço Mountains
125px	Blackish cinclodes	Cinclodes antarcticus	Falkland Islands and Tierra del Fuego
125px	Buff-winged cinclodes	Cinclodes fuscus	southern Cone
125px	Cordoba cinclodes	Cinclodes comechingonus	Sierras de Córdoba
125px	Chestnut-winged cinclodes	Cinclodes albidiventris	northern Andes
125px	Cream-winged cinclodes	Cinclodes albiventris	puna grassland
125px	Olrog's cinclodes	Cinclodes olrogi	Sierras de Córdoba
125px	Grey-flanked cinclodes	Cinclodes oustaleti	Chile
125px	Stout-billed cinclodes	Cinclodes excelsior	northern Andes
125px	Royal cinclodes	Cinclodes aricomae	southern Peru and western Bolivia
125px	White-bellied cinclodes	Cinclodes palliatus	central Peru
-	White-winged cinclodes	Cinclodes atacamensis	puna grassland and Sierras de Córdoba
125px	Dark-bellied cinclodes	Cinclodes patagonicus	Chile
-	Peruvian seaside cinclodes	Cinclodes taczanowskii	coastal Peru
-	Chilean seaside cinclodes	Cinclodes nigrofumosus	coastal Chile

In addition, a fossil species, Cinclodes major, has been described for the Pleistocene from Argentina.{{cite journal |last1=Toni |first1=E. P. |title=Un furnárido (Aves, Passeriformes) del Pleistoceno medio de la Provincia de Buenos Aires |journal=Publicaciones del Museo Municipal de Ciencias Naturales de Mar del Plata Lorenzo Scaglia |date=1977 |volume=2 |pages=141–147}}

cinclodes

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