Phaenicophilus

Phaenicophilus is a genus of birds that was formerly placed in the family Thraupidae, but is now placed in the Hispaniolan tanager family Phaenicophilidae. Its members are known as palm-tanagers.

Phaenicophilus
Black-crowned tanager (Phaenicophilus palmarum)
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Phaenicophilidae
Genus: Phaenicophilus
Strickland, 1851
Type species
Turdus palmarum
Linnaeus, 1766

The genus Phaenicophilus was introduced by the English geologist and naturalist Hugh Edwin Strickland in 1851. The type species was subsequently designated as the black-crowned palm-tanager.

The genus contains the following species:

ImageScientific nameCommon NameDistribution
Phaenicophilus palmarumBlack-crowned palm-tanagerHaiti and the Dominican Republic
Phaenicophilus poliocephalusGrey-crowned palm-tanagerHaiti and the Dominican Republic
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