Phaenicophilus
Genus of birds
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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.
| 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 | |
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 | |