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| Cinclodes | |
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| Buff-winged cinclodes (C. fuscus) in Argentina | |
Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Furnariidae |
| Genus: | Cinclodes G.R. Gray, 1840 |
| Type species | |
| Motacilla patagonica Gmelin, 1789 | |
| Species | |
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Cinclodes is agenus ofpasserinebirds belonging to the ovenbird familyFurnariidae. There are about a dozenspecies distributed across the southern andAndean regions ofSouth America. They are terrestrial birds of open habitats, typically found near water such as mountain streams or the seashore where they forage for smallinvertebrates. They are stocky birds with strong legs and feet and pointed, slightly downcurvedbills. Theplumage 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.
The genusCinclodes was introduced in 1840 by the English zoologistGeorge Robert Gray.[1] The name combines theAncient Greekkinklos, a word for an unknown waterside bird, with-oidēs meaning "resembling".[2] In 1855 Gray specified thetype species as thedark-bellied cinclodes, a species that had been described in 1889 byGmelin under thebinomial nameMotacilla patagonica.[3][4]
The genus contains 15 extant species:[5]
In addition, a fossil species,Cinclodes major, has been described for thePleistocene ofArgentina.[6]
