Gray-crowned Palm Tanager - BirdForum Opus

Alternative name: Gray-crowned Tanager

Photo by caribemotion
Massif de la Hotte, Haiti, July 2011

Phaenicophilus poliocephalus

Identification

17–18 cm
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 (west 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

1. Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, S. M. Billerman, T. A. Fredericks, J. A. Gerbracht, D. Lepage, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2021. The eBird/Clements checklist of Birds of the World: v2021. Downloaded from https://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
2. Townsend, J. M. (2020). Gray-crowned Palm-Tanager (Phaenicophilus poliocephalus), version 1.0. In Birds of the World (T. S. Schulenberg, Editor). Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Ithaca, NY, USA. https://doi.org/10.2173/bow.gcptan1.01

• List of references

Recommended Citation

• BirdForum Opus contributors. (2024) Gray-crowned Palm Tanager. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 26 April 2024 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Gray-crowned_Palm_Tanager

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