Grey-crowned Palm-tanager
Phaenicophilus poliocephalus(Bonaparte, CLJL, 1851)
English (US) Gray-crowned Palm-tanager
UK name: Grey-crowned Palm-tanager
The Grey-crowned Palm-tanager (Phaenicophilus poliocephalus) is a bird species documented in the AviList Global Avian Checklist. On BirdGuides.io, 0 professional guides specialise in helping birdwatchers observe this species. It belongs to the family Phaenicophilidae (Hispaniolan Tanagers) in the order Passeriformes.
- Scientific name
- Phaenicophilus poliocephalus
- Order
- Passeriformes
- IUCN Red List
- Near Threatened
- English (US)
- Gray-crowned Palm-tanager
- English (UK)
- Grey-crowned Palm-tanager
- Described by
- (Bonaparte, CLJL, 1851)
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Add Your ExpertiseRecognised subspecies
The AviList checklist recognises 3 subspecies for this species.
- Phaenicophilus poliocephalus poliocephalus
- Phaenicophilus poliocephalus coryi
- Phaenicophilus poliocephalus tetraopes
Taxonomic history
- First described as
- Dulus poliocephalus
- Described by
- (Bonaparte, CLJL, 1851)
- Type locality
- Hispaniola [= Haiti].
- Original description
- Revue et Magasin de Zoologie Pure et Appliquée (2), 3 p.178
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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