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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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 |
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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 |
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
|
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 |