Grey-crowned tanager

The grey-crowned tanager or grey-crowned palm-tanager (Phaenicophilus poliocephalus) is a species of bird in the family Phaenicophilidae. It was formerly placed in the family Thraupidae. It is endemic to the Caribbean island of Hispaniola (split between the Dominican Republic and Haiti).

Grey-crowned tanager
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Phaenicophilidae
Genus: Phaenicophilus
Species:
P. poliocephalus
Binomial name
Phaenicophilus poliocephalus
(Bonaparte, 1851)

Distribution

P. poliocephalus is common, but local, on the southern peninsula of Haiti, and on the satellite islands of Île-à-Vache, Grande Cayemite and Gonâve Island. In the Dominican Republic, it is rare on the north and south slopes of the Sierra de Bahoruco, and on the southern part of Loma de Toro and Hoyo de Pelempito.

Habitat

Its natural habitats are lowland and montane moist forests, mangrove forests, rural gardens, and heavily degraded former forest. It is threatened by habitat loss.

References
  1. BirdLife International (2012). "Phaenicophilus poliocephalus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2012. Retrieved 26 November 2013.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
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