Cinclodes is a genus of passerine birds belonging to the ovenbird family Furnariidae. There are about a dozen species distributed across the southern and Andean regions of South America. They are terrestrial birds of open habitats, typically found near water such as mountain streams or the seashore where they forage for small invertebrates. They are stocky birds with strong legs and feet and pointed, slightly downcurved bills. The plumage is inconspicuous and mainly brown, often with a pale wingbar, stripe over the eye and corners to the tail. They have loud, trilling songs and often raise their wings while singing.

Taxonomy: The genus Cinclodes was introduced in 1840 by the English zoologist George Robert Gray. The name combines the Ancient Greek kinklos, a word for an unknown waterside bird, with -oidēs meaning "resembling". In 1855 Gray specified the type species as the dark-bellied cinclodes, a species that had been described in 1889 by Gmelin under the binomial name Motacilla patagonica.

The genus contains 15 extant species:

Image	Common name	Scientific name	Distribution
125px]]	Long-tailed cinclodes	Cinclodes pabsti	southern Atlantic Forest and Espinhaço Mountains
125px]]	Blackish cinclodes	Cinclodes antarcticus	Falkland Islands and Tierra del Fuego
125px]]	Buff-winged cinclodes	Cinclodes fuscus	southern Cone
125px]]	Cordoba cinclodes	Cinclodes comechingonus	Sierras de Córdoba
125px]]	Chestnut-winged cinclodes	Cinclodes albidiventris	northern Andes
125px]]	Cream-winged cinclodes	Cinclodes albiventris	puna grassland
125px]]	Olrog´s cinclodes	Cinclodes olrogi	Sierras de Córdoba
125px]]	Grey-flanked cinclodes	Cinclodes oustaleti	Chile
125px]]	Stout-billed cinclodes	Cinclodes excelsior	northern Andes
125px]]	Royal cinclodes	Cinclodes aricomae	southern Peru and western Bolivia
125px]]	White-bellied cinclodes	Cinclodes palliatus	central Peru
-	White-winged cinclodes	Cinclodes atacamensis	puna grassland and Sierras de Córdoba
125px]]	Dark-bellied cinclodes	Cinclodes patagonicus	Chile
-	Peruvian seaside cinclodes	Cinclodes taczanowskii	coastal Peru
-	Chilean seaside cinclodes	Cinclodes nigrofumosus	coastal Chile

In addition, a fossil species, Cinclodes major, has been described for the Pleistocene from Argentina.