Leptasthenura

Belongs within: Furnariidae.

Leptasthenura, tit-spinetails, is a genus of furnariids with a short, straight beak and the middle rectrices of the tail much lengthened.

<==Leptasthenura
    |  i. s.: L. andicolaAP21
    |         L. setariaJT12
    |         L. striataJT12
    |         L. striolataJT12
    |         L. xenothoraxJT12
    |--+--Sylviorthorhynchus desmursiiJT12
    |  `--L. yanacensisJT12
    `--+--L. platensisJT12
       `--+--L. pileataJT12
          `--+--L. aegithaloidesJT12
             `--L. fuliginicepsJT12

*Type species of generic name indicated

References

[AP21] Arlott, N., & B. van Perlo. 2021. Collins Birds of the World. William Collins.

[JT12] Jetz, W., G. H. Thomas, J. B. Joy, K. Hartmann & A. Ø. Mooers. 2012. The global diversity of birds in space and time. Nature 491: 444–448.