Sclerurus

Sclerurus is a bird genus in the ovenbird family, Furnariidae. Members of this genus are commonly known as leaftossers or leafscrapers, and are found in Mexico, Central America and South America. They are close relatives of the miners (Geositta), which are essentially an open-country version of the leaftossers, being lighter in color and longer-legged. Other relatives might include the sharp-tailed streamcreeper of the monotypic genus Lochmias and some other Furnariidae of obscure relationships.

Sclerurus
Tawny-throated leaftosser in Ecuador
Sclerurus (mexicanus) obscurior
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Furnariidae
Genus: Sclerurus
Swainson, 1827

Species

The genus contains seven species:[1]

ImageScientific nameCommon NameDistribution
Sclerurus mexicanusTawny-throated leaftosser or Mexican leaftossereastern Panama and northern Colombia
Sclerurus rufigularisShort-billed leaftosserBolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Peru, Suriname, and Venezuela.
Sclerurus guatemalensisScaly-throated leaftosserBelize, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, and Panama.
Sclerurus caudacutusBlack-tailed leaftosserBolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Peru, Suriname, and Venezuela.
Sclerurus albigularisGrey-throated leaftosserBolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Panama, Peru, Trinidad and Tobago, and Venezuela.
Sclerurus scansorRufous-breasted leaftosserBrazil and eastern Paraguay.

References
  1. Gill, Frank; Donsker, David, eds. (2019). "Ovenbirds, woodcreepers". World Bird List Version 9.1. International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 22 January 2019.


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