Planalto foliage-gleaner
species of bird
The planalto foliage-gleaner (Syndactyla dimidiata), also known as the russet-mantled foliage-gleaner, is a species of bird in the Furnariinae subfamily of the ovenbird family Furnariidae. It is found in Brazil and Paraguay.
Taxonomy and systematics
The planalto foliage-gleaner was long placed in genus Philydor but morphological and vocal data suggested affinities within Syndactyla. Molecular data confirmed this change and revealed that. S. dimidiata the sister species of S. rufosuperciliata.
While the International Ornithological Committee and BirdLife International's Handbook of the Birds of the World treat the species as monotypic, the Clements taxonomy splits it into two subspecies: nominate S. d. dimidiata (Pelzeln, 1859) and S. d. baeri (Hellmayr, 1911). The later subspecies has been treated as a separate species in the early to mid-1900s but a recent study casts doubt on baeri's validity as either a species or subspecies.
This article treats the planalto foliage-gleaner as monotypic, though the putative[1] taxon baeri is mentioned.
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