Poecilurus is an obsolete genus of birds formerly classified in the Furnariidae (ovenbird) family from South America. It contained three species:
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| Genus: | Poecilurus Todd, 1917 obsolete
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Today all major authorities include these species in the genus Synallaxis, but unlike the other members of that genus, species formerly classified in the genus Poecilurus have closely webbed, broad-tipped, and soft tail feathers.[1] Despite this difference, genetic evidence supports maintaining them in Synallaxis.[2]
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- ^ Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington. Vol. 30. Biological Society of Washington. 1917.
- ^ Derryberry, Claramunt, Derryberry, Chesser, Cracraft, Aleixo, Pérez-Emán, Remsen, Jr., and Brumfield (2011). Lineage diversification and morphological evolution in a large-scale continental radiation: the Neotropical ovenbirds and woodcreepers (Aves: Furnariidae). Evolution. doi:10.1111/j.1558-5646.2011.01374.x
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