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Genus: | Poecilurus
Todd, 1917 obsolete
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Poecilurus is an obsolete genus of birds formerly classified in the Furnariidae (ovenbird) family from South America. It contained three species:
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]