Grey-crowned Palm-tanager

Phaenicophilus poliocephalus (Bonaparte, 1851)

Grey-crowned Palm-tanager, Phaenicophilus poliocephalus, is a bird of Hispaniola in North America, breeding on the island in both Haiti and the Dominican Republic. It belongs to the family Phaenicophilidae and is a resident throughout its range. The species is tied to forest, from dry to wet and from open to dense, and it also uses tree plantations, rural gardens and parks. It is most often seen in the Massif de la Hotte in western Haiti. The sexes are alike, and the species has a grey crown with a dark facial pattern marked by white spots.

Order

Passeriformes

Family

Phaenicophilidae — Greater Antillean Tanagers

Breeding range

North America: Hispaniola