Furnariidae

Rufous horneros Furnarius rufus, photographed by Dario Sanches.

Belongs within: Furnarioidea.
Contains: Geositta, Dendrocolaptinae, Automolus, Philydor, Cinclodes, Leptasthenura, Phacellodomus, Asthenes, Synallaxeinae.

The Furnariidae are a family of mostly grey to brown insectivorous birds found in Central and South America. They often have short rounded wings, strong legs and feet, and relatively long tails in which the feather shafts may be strengthened (Internet Bird Collection). They are often referred to as 'ovenbirds', in reference to the oven-like mud nests built by the horneros Furnarius, but other furnariid genera build different nest types. The leaftossers of the genus Sclerurus are primarily terrestrial birds that get their vernacular name from their manner of foraging among leaf litter.

Furnariidae [Furnariinae, Philydorinae, Scleruridae, Sclerurinae, Synallaxeidae, Upucerthiidae]
    |--+--Geositta JT12
    |  `--Sclerurus Swainson 1827 JT12, B94
    |       |  i. s.: S. caudacutus JT12
    |       |         S. rufigularis JT12
    |       |--S. mexicanus JT12
    |       `--+--S. guatemalensis JT12
    |          `--+--S. albigularis BKB15
    |             `--S. scansor JT12
    `--+--Dendrocolaptinae JT12
       `--+--Xenops Illiger 1811 JT12, B94 [Xenopinae]
          |    |--X. approximans SS66a
          |    |--X. genibarbis S18
          |    |    |--X. g. genibarbis S18
          |    |    `--X. g. mexicanus S18
          |    |--X. heterurus SS66b
          |    |--X. minutus A61
          |    |--X. rutilans JT12
          |    `--X. tenuirostris JT12
          `--+--+--‘Xenops’ milleri JT12
             |  `--+--Pygarrhichas Burmeister 1837 JT12, B94 [Pygarrhichadinae]
             |     |    `--P. albogularis JT12
             |     `--Ochetorhynchus JT12
             |          |--O. melanurus BKB15
             |          `--+--O. andaecola JT12
             |             `--+--O. phoenicurus JT12
             |                `--O. ruficaudus JT12
             `--+--Berlepschia rikeri BKB15
                `--+--+--+--Anabazenops dorsalis BKB15
                   |  |  `--+--+--‘Philydor’ ruficaudatum JT12
                   |  |     |  `--+--Automolus BKB15
                   |  |     |     `--+--Clibanornis dendrocolaptoides JT12
                   |  |     |        `--+--‘Automolus’ rubiginosus JT12
                   |  |     |           `--Hylocryptus JT12
                   |  |     |                |--H. erythrocephalus JT12
                   |  |     |                `--H. rectirostris JT12
                   |  |     `--+--Ancistrops BKB15
                   |  |        |    |--A. lineaticeps SS66b
                   |  |        |    `--A. strigilatus JT12
                   |  |        `--+--Philydor BKB15
                   |  |           `--+--+--Anabazenops fuscus BKB15
                   |  |              |  `--Megaxenops parnaguae BKB15
                   |  |              `--+--‘Philydor’ lichtensteini BKB15
                   |  |                 `--+--Anabacerthia BKB15
                   |  |                    |    |--A. amaurotis JT12
                   |  |                    |    |--A. striaticollis JT12
                   |  |                    |    `--A. variegaticeps JT12
                   |  |                    `--+--Simoxenops JT12
                   |  |                       |    |--S. striatua JT12
                   |  |                       |    `--S. ucayalae JT12
                   |  |                       `--Syndactyla JT12
                   |  |                            |--S. dimidiata JT12
                   |  |                            |--S. guttulata JT12
                   |  |                            |--S. ruficollis JT12
                   |  |                            |--S. rufosuperciliata JT12
                   |  |                            `--S. subalaris JT12
                   |  `--+--+--Pseudocolaptes Reichenbach 1853 BKB15, B94 [Pseudocolaptinae]
                   |     |  |    |--P. boissonneautii JT12
                   |     |  |    |--P. johnsoni JT12
                   |     |  |    `--P. lawrencii JT12
                   |     |  `--+--Premnornis guttuligera JT12
                   |     |     `--Tarphonomus JT12
                   |     |          |--T. certhioides JT12
                   |     |          `--T. harterti JT12
                   |     `--+--+--Furnarius Vieillot 1816 BKB15, B94
                   |        |  |    |  i. s.: F. cinnamomeus JT12
                   |        |  |    |         F. longirostris JT12
                   |        |  |    |         F. minor SS66a
                   |        |  |    |         F. torridus Sclater & Salvin 1866 SS66a
                   |        |  |    |--F. leucopus BKB15
                   |        |  |    `--+--F. figulus BKB15
                   |        |  |       `--+--F. cristatus BKB15
                   |        |  |          `--F. rufus JT12
                   |        |  `--+--Lochmias nematura BKB15
                   |        |     `--+--Limnornis curvirostris JT12
                   |        |        `--Phleocryptes melanops JT12
                   |        `--+--Geocerthia serrana BKB15 [=Upucerthia serrana JT12]
                   |           `--+--Cinclodes JT12
                   |              `--Upucerthia Geoffroy St.-Hilaire 1832 JT12, B94 [Upucerthiinae]
                   |                   |  i. s.: U. saturatior JT12
                   |                   |--+--U. albigula JT12
                   |                   |  `--U. dumetaria Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire JT12, MW91
                   |                   `--+--U. jelskii JT12
                   |                      `--U. validirostris JT12
                   `--+--+--Premnoplex BKB15
                      |  |    |--P. brunnescens JT12
                      |  |    `--P. tatei JT12
                      |  `--Margarornis Reichenbach 1853 JT12, B94 [Margarornithinae]
                      |       |  i. s.: M. stellatus JT12
                      |       |--M. rubiginosus JT12
                      |       `--+--M. bellulus JT12
                      |          `--M. squamiger JT12
                      `--+--Aphrastura BKB15
                         |    |--A. masafuerae (Philippi & Landbeck 1866) HRS06
                         |    `--A. spinicauda N10
                         `--+--Leptasthenura BKB15
                            `--+--Phacellodomus BKB15
                               `--+--+--Hellmayrea gularis BKB15
                                  |  `--+--Coryphistera alaudina JT12
                                  |     `--Anumbius annumbi JT12
                                  `--+--Asthenes BKB15
                                     `--Synallaxeinae BKB15

Furnariidae incertae sedis:
  Leptoxyura cinnamomea SS66a
  Dendrornis SS66a
    |--D. palliata SS66a
    `--D. rostripallens SS66a
  Cichlocolaptes leucophrus JT12
  Geobamon rufipennis S66
  Geobates Swainson 1838 S66
    |--G. poecilopterus Maximilian 1830 (see below for synonymy) S66
    `--‘Anthus’ fuscus (n. d.) S66
  Schizoeaca JT12
    |--S. coryi JT12
    |--S. fuliginosa JT12
    |--S. griseomurina JT12
    |--S. palpebralis JT12
    |--S. perijana JT12
    `--S. vilcabambae JT12

Geobates poecilopterus Maximilian 1830 [=Anthus poecilopterus; incl. *Geobates brevicauda Swainson 1838, Geositta brevicauda] S66

*Type species of generic name indicated

REFERENCES

[A61] Austin, O. L., Jr. 1961. Birds of the World: A survey of the twenty-seven orders and one hundred and fifty-five families. Paul Hamlyn: London.

[B94] Bock, W. J. 1994. History and nomenclature of avian family-group names. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 222: 1–281.

[BKB15] Burleigh, J. G., R. T. Kimball & E. L. Braun. 2015. Building the avian tree of life using a large-scale, sparse supermatrix. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 84: 53–63.

[HRS06] Hahn, I., U. Römer & R. P. Schlatter. 2006. Population numbers and status of land birds of the Juan Fernández Archipelago, Chile (Aves: Falconiformes, Columbiformes, Strigiformes, Caprimulgiformes, Passeriformes). Senckenbergiana Biologica 86 (1): 109–125.

[JT12] Jetz, W., G. H. Thomas, J. B. Joy, K. Hartmann & A. Ø. Mooers. 2012. The global diversity of birds in space and time. Nature 491: 444–448.

[MW91] Millener, P. R., & T. H. Worthy. 1991. Contributions to New Zealand’s late Quaternary avifauna. II: Dendroscansor decurvirostris, a new genus and species of wren (Aves: Acanthisittidae). Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand 21: 179–200.

[N10] Naish, D. 2010. Tetrapod Zoology: Book One. CFZ Press: Bideford (UK).

[S66] Sclater, P. L. 1866. Notes on the genus Geobates of Swainson. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1866: 204–205.

[SS66a] Sclater, P. L., & O. Salvin. 1866a. Catalogue of birds collected by Mr. E. Bartlett on the River Uyacali, Eastern Peru, with notes and descriptions of new species. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1866: 175–201.

[SS66b] Sclater, P. L., & O. Salvin. 1866b. On some additions to the catalogue of birds collected by Mr. E. Bartlett on the River Ucayali. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1866: 566–567.

[S18] Stone, W. 1918. Birds of the Panama Canal Zone, with special reference to a collection made by Mr. Lindsey L. Jewel. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 70: 239–280.