Phaenicophilus

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
Black-crowned tanager (Phaenicophilus palmarum)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Passeriformes
Family:	Phaenicophilidae
Genus:	Phaenicophilus Strickland, 1851
Type species
Turdus palmarum [1] Linnaeus, 1766

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.

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]

Image	Scientific name	Common name	Distribution
	Phaenicophilus palmarum	Black-crowned palm-tanager	Haiti and the Dominican Republic
	Phaenicophilus poliocephalus	Grey-crowned palm-tanager	Haiti and the Dominican Republic

References

1. "Phaeenacophilidae". aviansystematics.org. The Trust for Avian Systematics. Retrieved 2023-07-16.
2. Strickland, Hugh Edwin (1851). "Ornithological notes". Contributions to Ornithology. 3–4: 103–104 [104].
3. Paynter, Raymond A. Jr, ed. (1970). Check-list of Birds of the World. Vol. 13. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Museum of Comparative Zoology. p. 277.
4. Gill, Frank; Donsker, David; Rasmussen, Pamela, eds. (December 2023). "Caribbean "tanagers", Wrenthrush, Yellow-breasted Chat". IOC World Bird List Version 14.1. International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 22 January 2024.