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 sometimes known as palm-tanagers.
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 tanager.
The genus contains the following species:
Image | Scientific name | Common Name | Distribution |
Phaenicophilus palmarum | Black-crowned tanager | Haiti and the Dominican Republic | |
Phaenicophilus poliocephalus | Grey-crowned tanager | Haiti |