White-throated Foliage-gleaner
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The Tepui Foliage-gleaner (Syndactyla roraimae), also known as the White-throated Foliage-gleaner, is a species of bird
in the Furnariidae family. It is found in forest and woodland in the Tepuis of Brazil
, Guyana
and Venezuela
.
It was formerly placed in the genus Automolus
, but behavior, voice and morphology
all point to it belonging in Syndactyla
.
Bird
Birds are feathered, winged, bipedal, endothermic , egg-laying, vertebrate animals. Around 10,000 living species and 188 families makes them the most speciose class of tetrapod vertebrates. They inhabit ecosystems across the globe, from the Arctic to the Antarctic. Extant birds range in size from...
in the Furnariidae family. It is found in forest and woodland in the Tepuis of Brazil
Brazil
Brazil , officially the Federative Republic of Brazil , is the largest country in South America. It is the world's fifth largest country, both by geographical area and by population with over 192 million people...
, Guyana
Guyana
Guyana , officially the Co-operative Republic of Guyana, previously the colony of British Guiana, is a sovereign state on the northern coast of South America that is culturally part of the Anglophone Caribbean. Guyana was a former colony of the Dutch and of the British...
and Venezuela
Venezuela
Venezuela , officially called the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela , is a tropical country on the northern coast of South America. It borders Colombia to the west, Guyana to the east, and Brazil to the south...
.
It was formerly placed in the genus Automolus
Automolus
Automolus is a genus of bird in the Furnariidae family.-Species:* Chestnut-crowned Foliage-gleaner, Automolus rufipileatus* White-eyed Foliage-gleaner, Automolus leucophthalmus** Pernambuco Foliage-gleaner, Automolus lammi...
, but behavior, voice and morphology
Morphology (biology)
In biology, morphology is a branch of bioscience dealing with the study of the form and structure of organisms and their specific structural features....
all point to it belonging in Syndactyla
Syndactyla
Syndactyla is a genus of foliage-gleaners, birds in the family Furnariidae. It contains the following species:* Lineated Foliage-gleaner, Syndactyla subalaris* Guttulate Foliage-gleaner, Syndactyla guttulata...
.