Phaenicophilus
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This article is about the Hispaniola-endemic genus Phaenicophilus, the members of which are sometimes known as palm tanagers or palm-tanagers. For the widespread Central and South American species of tanager with a similar name, see palm tanager.
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.
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Phaenicophilus | |
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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[1] Linnaeus, 1766 |
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The genus Phaenicophilus was introduced by the English geologist and naturalist Hugh Edwin Strickland in 1851.[2] The type species was subsequently designated as the black-crowned palm-tanager.[3]
The genus contains the following species:[4]
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Image | Scientific name | Common Name | Distribution |
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Phaenicophilus palmarum | Black-crowned palm-tanager | Haiti and the Dominican Republic | |
Phaenicophilus poliocephalus | Grey-crowned palm-tanager | Haiti and the Dominican Republic | |
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