Sclerurus

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Cladus: Craniata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Superclassis: Tetrapoda
Cladus: Reptiliomorpha
Cladus: Amniota
Classis: Reptilia
Cladus: Eureptilia
Cladus: Romeriida
Subclassis: Diapsida
Cladus: Sauria
Infraclassis: Archosauromorpha
Cladus: Crurotarsi
Divisio: Archosauria
Subsectio: Ornithodira
Subtaxon: Dinosauromorpha
Cladus: Dinosauria
Ordo: Saurischia
Cladus: Theropoda
Cladus: Neotheropoda
Infraclassis: Aves
Ordo: Passeriformes
Subordo: Tyranni
Infraordo: Tyrannides
Parvordo: Furnariida
Superfamilia: Furnarioidea

Familia: Furnariidae
Subfamilia: Sclerurinae
Genus: Sclerurus
Species: S. albigularis – S. caudacutus – S. guatemalensis – S. mexicanus – S. obscurior – S. rufigularis – S. scansor
Name

Sclerurus Swainson, 1827
Typus

Thamnophilus caudacutus Vieillot, 1816 = Sclerurus caudacutus

Synonyms

Tinactor Wied-Neuwied, 1831
Oxypyga Ménétries, 1835
Geooecia W. Bertoni, 1901
Scelurus Burmeister, 1856 [emendation]

References
Primary references

Swainson, W.J. 1827. On several Groups and Forms in Ornithology not hitherto defined. The Zoological Journal Vol.3 From January, 1827 to April, 1828 Art.15: 158–175; Art.35: 343–363 London. Original description p.356 BHLReference page.

Additional references

d'Horta, F.M., Cuervo, A.M., Ribas, C.C., Brumfield, R.T. & Miyaki, C.Y. 2013. Phylogeny and comparative phylogeography of Sclerurus (Aves: Furnariidae) reveal constant and cryptic diversification in an old radiation of rain forest understorey specialists. Journal of Biogeography 40: 37–49. DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2699.2012.02760.x Full article viewReference page.
Cooper, J.C. & Cuervo, A.M. 2017. Vocal variation and species limits in the Sclerurus mexicanus complex. The Wilson Journal of Ornithology 129: 13-24. DOI: 10.1676/1559-4491-129.1.13 Full article (PDF)Reference page.

Vernacular names
English: Leaftossers
español: Tirahojas
português: Vira-folhas

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.
Species

The genus contains seven species:[1]

Tawny-throated leaftosser or Mexican leaftosser, Sclerurus mexicanus
Dusky leaftosser, Sclerurus obscurior – split from S. mexicanus
Short-billed leaftosser, Sclerurus rufigularis
Scaly-throated leaftosser, Sclerurus guatemalensis
Black-tailed leaftosser, Sclerurus caudacutus
Grey-throated leaftosser, Sclerurus albigularis
Rufous-breasted leaftosser, Sclerurus scansor

References

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