Grey-crowned Palm-Tanager (Phaenicophilus poliocephalus)

Other Names (World)
Grey-crowned Palm-Tanager, Gray-crowned Palm-Tanager, Hispaniolan Palm-tanager, Grey-crowned Tanager

Family
Phaenicophilidae (Hispaniolan Tanagers)

Size
18 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Bonaparte, 1851)

Habitat
Humid forest, forest edge, thickets, mangroves, open areas and gardens. From sea-level - 2,400 m.

Range (Guide)

Dominican Republic (B) (NB), Haiti (B) (NB).

Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010) and decreasing.

Status NT
Habitat destruction and degradation from shifting agriculture is the main threat.

For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Subspecies
Recent molecular-genetic studies suggest that this genus and Nesospingus, Chlorospingus and Spindalis form a monophyletic clade that is sister to several New World warbler (Parulidae) genera (including Dendroica, Basileuterus and Vermivora), and are not closely related to other genera of present family. This species forms a superspecies with Black-crowned Palm-Tanager (Phaenicophilus palmarum) and are sometimes treated as conspecific. Hybridization between them occurs.

The following 3 subspecies are recognised:

coryi Richmond & Swales, 1924 - Gon��ve I (off west-central Hispaniola).
poliocephalus (Bonaparte, 1851) - Southern peninsula of Haiti and immediately adjacent south-western Dominican Republic. Also island of Grande Cayemite.
tetraopes Wetmore & Lincoln, 1932 - I �� Vache (off south-western Hispaniola).

References
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Files:

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