Black-crowned Palm-tanager

Phaenicophilus palmarum (Linnaeus, 1766)

Black-crowned Palm-tanager, Phaenicophilus palmarum, is a passerine bird of Hispaniola in the Greater Antillean tanager family. It is found across the mainland of the Dominican Republic, including Saona Island, and in Haiti apart from the Tiburon Peninsula. This species is tied to the island throughout the year and is the only member of its genus on the island. It lives in a wide range of wooded habitats, from dry to moist and from open to thick cover, and also uses gardens and parks in towns and rural areas.

Order

Passeriformes

Family

Phaenicophilidae — Greater Antillean Tanagers

Breeding range

North America: Hispaniola