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'''Alternative name: Gray-crowned Tanager''' | '''Alternative name: Gray-crowned Tanager''' | ||
| + | [[Image:Grey-crowned palm tanager.jpg|thumb|500px|right|Photo by {{user|caribemotion|caribemotion}}<br />Massif de la Hotte, [[Haiti]], July 2011]] | ||
;[[: Category:Phaenicophilus|Phaenicophilus]] poliocephalus | ;[[: Category:Phaenicophilus|Phaenicophilus]] poliocephalus | ||
==Identification== | ==Identification== | ||
Has grey crown and sharp line separating narrow white area under the black mask from grey underside; otherwise very similar to [[Black-crowned Palm-Tanager]]. | Has grey crown and sharp line separating narrow white area under the black mask from grey underside; otherwise very similar to [[Black-crowned Palm-Tanager]]. | ||
==Distribution== | ==Distribution== | ||
| − | + | [[Caribbean]]: found only in south-western [[Haiti]] and three surrounding islands. | |
==Taxonomy== | ==Taxonomy== | ||
| − | Two subspecies are recognized<sup>[[#References|1]]</sup>: ''poliocephalus'' and ''coryi'' | + | ====Subspecies==== |
| + | Two subspecies are recognized<sup>[[#References|1]]</sup>: | ||
| + | *''P. p. poliocephalus'': | ||
| + | :*Southern peninsular [[Haiti]], Île-à-Vache and Grande Cayemite Island | ||
| + | *''P. p. coryi'': | ||
| + | :*Gonâve Island (east of Haiti) | ||
==Habitat== | ==Habitat== | ||
Mangrove, scrub, gardens, city parks, agro-forestry plantations, pine, semi-humid forest, and humid forest. | Mangrove, scrub, gardens, city parks, agro-forestry plantations, pine, semi-humid forest, and humid forest. | ||
==Behaviour== | ==Behaviour== | ||
| + | ====Diet==== | ||
Consumes soft-bodied fruit as well as arthropods. | Consumes soft-bodied fruit as well as arthropods. | ||
==References== | ==References== | ||
| − | # | + | #{{Ref-Clements6thDec10}}#Cornell/Neotropical Birds |
{{ref}} | {{ref}} | ||
==External Links== | ==External Links== | ||
{{GSearch|Phaenicophilus+poliocephalus}} | {{GSearch|Phaenicophilus+poliocephalus}} | ||
| − | [[Category:Birds]][[Category:Phaenicophilus | + | |
| + | [[Category:Birds]][[Category:Phaenicophilus]] | ||
Revision as of 09:22, 1 August 2011
Alternative name: Gray-crowned Tanager
- Phaenicophilus poliocephalus
Identification
Has grey crown and sharp line separating narrow white area under the black mask from grey underside; otherwise very similar to Black-crowned Palm-Tanager.
Distribution
Caribbean: found only in south-western Haiti and three surrounding islands.
Taxonomy
Subspecies
Two subspecies are recognized1:
- P. p. poliocephalus:
- Southern peninsular Haiti, Île-à-Vache and Grande Cayemite Island
- P. p. coryi:
- Gonâve Island (east of Haiti)
Habitat
Mangrove, scrub, gardens, city parks, agro-forestry plantations, pine, semi-humid forest, and humid forest.
Behaviour
Diet
Consumes soft-bodied fruit as well as arthropods.
References
- Clements, JF. 2010. The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World. 6th ed., with updates to December 2010. Ithaca: Cornell Univ. Press. ISBN 978-0801445019. Spreadsheet available at http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/Clements%206.5.xls/view
- Cornell/Neotropical Birds
Recommended Citation
- BirdForum Opus contributors. (2024) Gray-crowned Palm Tanager. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 30 May 2024 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Gray-crowned_Palm_Tanager
